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The Israeli rescue mission, arriving in Brazil earlier this week to help search for victims of a roadblock in Brumadinho (MG), left the country late Thursday (31). 19659002] The Israeli delegation arrived in Brazil on Sunday (27), with a team of 136 people, including military, lifeguards, diplomats and support staff, as well as 16 tons of equipment and supplies for the refugees. research work.
"It was a positive effort," said Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Rafael Singer. "It is obvious that most of the work was done by the Brazilians, who are doing a great job."
"Since we arrived, we have put into practice some of our experiences in other disasters in which we have worked," he added.
The Israel Defense Forces' National Rescue Unit (FDI) generally conducts relief operations as a result of terrorist attacks in its original country. But since she was raised in the 1980s, she has also helped search for survivors of tragedies such as the earthquakes in Mexico in 1985 and Haiti in 2010.
"We had members of the team who used equipment to try to determine there were corpses and traces of mobile phone signals, others were working with dogs and sonars, and some were looking physically, entering the mud "Singer said.
Acknowledgments and tribute
In a note published this morning, the Israeli Embbady in Brazil said that the decision to leave the rescue operation had been taken jointly by the Brazilian authorities and the Israeli commander, and stressed that the work of the delegation had been welcomed.
"In coordination with the Brazilian authorities and the commander of the rescue operation in Brazil, it was decided that the mission of the Israeli delegation had put an end to this stage of the rescue operation. brazilians congratulated the delegation on the major and important professional contribution to the rescue operation.The Israeli delegation will transfer responsibility in an orderly manner to the Brazilian rescue team and return to Israel, "the statement said.
According to the Firemen of Minas Gerais, a tribute was paid today to the 136 Israeli soldiers who were in
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered his help to President Jair Bolsonaro during the disaster caused by the rupture of the dam of the valley.In addition to the troupe, the army also brought 16 tons of equipment to help the Brazilian authorities to carry out the research The tragedy has made at least 99 dead and 259 missing, according to a bulletin released Wednesday night (30)
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