Israel Humanitarian Aid Teams Assess Chile Earthquake Damage

Israel Humanitarian Aid Teams Assess Chile Earthquake Damage

Israel Defense Force doctors, nurses and medics
save children in Haiti. Photo: Joel Leyden / Israel News Agency

By Joel Leyden
Israel News Agency
http://www.israelnewsagency.com/chileearthquakehaitiisraeldefenseforcesidfisraelflyingaidhumanitarianreliefaidsearchrescuehospitalmedicalhamasgaza48270210.html

Jerusalem ---- February 27, 2010 …. . The Israel government, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and several Israel humanitarian aid relief teams are now assessing the damage of a 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Chile early Saturday morning.

The powerful earthquake in Chile, which occurred at 3:30 a.m. local time, collapsed several buildings and set off tsunamis. Over 100 people have been reported to have died with initial reports indicating that thousands have been affected in the city of Concepci'on, located some 70 miles southwest of the epicentre of the earthquake.

Over 20 aftershocks measuring at least 5.0-magnitude have struck the region after the major tremor hit.

The Israel Foreign Ministry said that it was in contact with their embassy in Santiago and that all Israel diplomatic staff in the country were safe. The Ministry said that it was aware of 20 Israel backpackers who were in the area and have yet to made contact with them.

"Haiti is not Gaza. The people of Haiti do not practice Islamic Jihad, the murder of innocent Jews and Christians. Haiti, unlike the terror group Hamas, has not sworn out the complete and total destruction of Israel."

The Israel Defense Forces IDF dispatched a fully operative and advanced field hospital to Haiti hours after Port-Au-Prince was devastated by an earthquake last month. Several Israel humanitarian relief aid organizations including IsraAid and Israel Flying Aid also departed for Haiti within a matter of days.

Israel Flying Aid operated out of the Israel Defense Forces IDF field hospital in Haiti, but after the IDF left back for Israel, IFA then selected an orphanage in Haiti to support and rebuild. The orphanage, which has 53 children aged 2-14 years of age, had 20 children taken illegally by human traffickers to be sold to pedophiles.

"We have been watching you and your team work 24 by 7 since you arrived at the orphanage. Your quick, professional and modest action in caring for these very small and sick children has saved many lives," Haiti Minister for Culture and Communications Marie Laurence Jocelyn-Lassegue told Gal Lusky, CEO and founder of IFA.

"The efforts of Israel Flying Aid should be used as an example to the world that Haiti children can be protected, cared for and provided with everything from essential supplies and housing to children movies and loving hugs."

In less than three days Israel Flying Aid rebuilt the orphanage and took the children, who were all suffering from severe malnutrition, from sleeping on the cold ground with rocks and garbage to soft, clean mattresses and colorful balloons inside a newly built house.

An Israel humanitarian relief worker who just returned from Haiti was asked by a reporter about what Israel was doing to aid Gaza. He responded: "Haiti is not Gaza. The people of Haiti do not practice Islamic Jihad, the murder of innocent Jews and Christians. Haiti, unlike the terror group Hamas, has not sworn out the complete and total destruction of Israel. And even though Israel left Gaza years ago and we are still attacked with terror rockets, we provide tons of humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza on a daily basis. Israel wants peace but Hamas cannot have peace as their religion is based upon murdering all who are infidels."

Israel Flying Aid (IFA) has placed an urgent appeal to the global public to assist in finding and treating children in Haiti by sending donations to: Israel Discount Bank, Branch 199, Account # 57797 SWIFT: IDBLILIT.

Israeli Flying Aid (IFA) is a non profit, volunteer-based, non-governmental organization (NGO) that aims to provide humanitarian life saving aid and relief to communities in areas stricken by natural disaster or territorial conflicts.

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