Israel saves members of the relief group in Syria

Activists remove 800 White Helmets and their families from the combat zone. First Israeli-type action in the Syrian civil war at the request of the United States, Canada and European countries: Israel rescued about 800 people, Syrian civil defense members and their families, from a combat zone in southern Syria. (22 July) the Israeli army, noting that the action was an "exceptional humanitarian gesture."

People were risking life, fleeing an area in southern Syria targeted by Syrian government forces, and rescued by order of the Israeli government and at the request of the United States, Canada and some European countries. They were first taken to Jordan, where they should continue in the next three months to Germany, the United Kingdom and Canada, where they will receive asylum.

The rescued volunteers worked in the Syrian civil defense. in areas controlled by the rebels, the rescue of the victims of the Syrian war.

The Syrian army launched a major offensive in June in southern Syria and has made progress in recent weeks, taking over many localities. Many people fled to the border area near the Golan Heights, occupied by Israel. The country has provided medical badistance in recent years to thousands of wounded, but this is the first time in seven years of Syrian civil war that Israel has allowed Syrians to flee the war through its territory.

Civilians in opposition-controlled areas in Syria where there is a lack of emergency services, NGO volunteers rescue survivors from bombed buildings, fight fires and offer first aid. They also train people looking for shelter during air strikes and repair infrastructure damaged by war.

The Syrian authorities and the media have repeatedly accused the White Helmets of having links with the rebels and badisting them. accusations, claiming to be neutral and for humanitarian purposes. The NGO has already recorded hundreds of deaths among its volunteers during the work. The organization won the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the "Alternative Nobel Prize".

Israel says it did not take sides in the Syrian civil war, but repeatedly bombed targets in this war-torn country,

"Israel continues to maintain a political of non-intervention in relation to the Syrian conflict and continues to hold the Syrian regime responsible for all activities on Syrian territory, "said the Israeli army on Sunday.

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas confirmed that Germany will welcome members of the White Helmets. "It is a human imperative that many of these brave rescuers are now finding refuge and protection, some of them in Germany," Maas told the Bild newspaper.

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MD / dpa / afp

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