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Israeli rescue team heads to Thailand after powerful quake
More than 80 construction workers are trapped underneath the remains of a 33-floor building
March 30, 2025 12:04
By, Jewish News Syndicate
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More than 80 construction workers are trapped underneath the remains of a 33-floor building
March 30, 2025 12:04By, Jewish News Syndicate
An Israeli delegation left for Thailand on Saturday night to help with search and rescue efforts after the earthquake that shook the country and neighbouring Myanmar the previous day.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed Israeli National Security Council head Tzachi Hanegbi to support attempts to reach 81 workers trapped under a high-rise building that collapsed in Bangkok.
The 21-member team, led by Colonel Yossi Pinto, the commander of the IDF’s reserve national Search and Rescue Unit, departed from Ben-Gurion International Airport on an El Al flight.
Israeli officials were quoted by Israel Hayom as saying, “The delegation will assist in constructing an intelligence picture for population-based and engineering-based rescue operations and will continue working until the last trapped individual is rescued.”
