Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
Israeli Home Front Command search-and-rescue personnel climb over the rubble of a collapsed building in La Guaira, Venezuela, during an extended humanitarian mission.
(JNS) - The Israeli military's deployment to earthquake-stricken Venezuela has become the longest humanitarian assistance mission ever conducted by the Home Front Command, as teams continue operating into a third week following widespread coastal destruction.
Some 32 Israeli experts remain on the ground in La Guaira, near Caracas, according to Monday's Israel Defense Forces statement, assisting Venezuelan authorities in shifting from emergency response to long-term rehabilitation.
IDF Brig. Gen. (res.) Yossi Pinto described "hundreds of buildings" destroyed along the coastline, calling the dis...
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