Erdogan expressed his appreciation for Israel’s willingness to stand with Turkey in its hour of need.SURFSIDE, Fla. Israeli President Isaac Herzog spoke with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to offer Israel’s condolences and inform him of the assistance that was sent.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant reached out to Turkish authorities in the aftermath of the quake and quickly approved the establishment of a field hospital in accordance with the needs of Ankara.
The IDF operation, dubbed “Olive Branches,” began the search and rescue mission immediately after landing in Adana. The organizations will all work together, to provide immediate assistance and then an initial assessment for long-term aid needs. Along with the IDF team, a small group from the IsraAID organization, including trauma experts, also traveled to Gaziantep. (res.) Golan Vach, commander of the IDF National Rescue Unit, included a mix of Home Front Command officers and Rescue Service officials. A delegation of 150 IDF rescue experts arrived in Gaziantep. The Hatzalah team is coordinating its operation with the Israeli Defense Forces. The original plan was to stay in the area for a week, but the mission’s duration is now indeterminate. United Hatzalah has plans to increase the rescue effort fivefold, including bringing in more volunteers and equipment, such as respirators to help the affected residents breathe in the toxic air. Volunteers on the ground report that residents are forced to burn mattresses and garbage to keep warm in temperatures that have plummeted to negative four degrees Celsius, making the air thick with toxic fumes, he said.
UH representative Jeremy Cole told JNS that the first responders are grappling with “the immense grief that is taking place over there” and the psychological impact of their role as first responders. The aftermath of the earthquake has left a path of destruction and trauma in its wake. We are bringing all of our knowledge and manpower from previous experiences responding to disasters to assist in the rescue efforts currently taking place in Turkey,” said Dov Maisel, United Hatzalah’s vice president of operations. “The amount of damage wrought by the earthquakes is enormous. According to Cohen, “It’s a certain type of people” who choose to volunteer in disaster sites. The team of volunteers was selected from a pool of 400 United Hatzalah members who had volunteered to go to Turkey.
(res.) Yossi Cohen, a United Hatzalah volunteer who is also a reservist in the Home Front Command’s Liaison Unit. The non-profit organization also brought 10 tons of medical supplies and first-responder gear to the disaster site, including first-aid equipment, blankets and clothing. The team consists of doctors, medics, search-and-rescue specialists and psychotrauma experts, and is working mostly in Gaziantep. (JNS) United Hatzalah, the world’s largest volunteer emergency medical service, has a team of 25 volunteers on the ground in Turkey to help save lives following the devastating earthquakes that have claimed the lives of more than 15,000 people.
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