Israel suspends earthquake rescue operation in Turkey due to security threat, calls back workers

Israel has suspended its earthquake rescue operation in Turkey due to security threat. He has also called back his employees. Israel says that for it the safety of its employees is first.

Israel suspends earthquake rescue operation in Turkey due to security threat, calls back workers

An Israeli emergency relief organization said on Sunday that it had suspended its earthquake rescue operations in Turkey because of the security threat and called its workers back home.

The United Hatzalah group posted photos of its team on Twitter showing Turkey Red Crescent personnel helping to rescue a man from rubble near the epicenter of the earthquake in Kahramanmaras on Saturday, but on Sunday the group Said he had taken a The emergency flight was withdrawn to Israel.

'We have to protect our personnel first'

Dov Maisel, the group's vice president of operations, said, "We knew there was a certain level of risk in sending our team to this area of ​​Turkey, which is close to the Syrian border Unfortunately, we have received intelligence of a concrete and immediate threat to the Israeli delegation and we must first protect our personnel.

About 36 thousand people died due to earthquake

United Hatzalah sent more than two dozen medical personnel to help deal with the effects of Monday's 7.8-magnitude earthquake. The earthquake killed about 30,000 people in southeastern Turkey and more than 3,500 in Syria.