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IDF sends humanitarian aid team to quake-stricken Albania

The 10-member Israeli team will focus on analyzing the structural integrity of some of the thousands of buildings damaged by the 6.4-magnitude earthquake that killed over 50 people.

by  JNS and Israel Hayom Staff
Published on  12-04-2019 09:52
Last modified: 12-04-2019 13:36
IDF sends humanitarian aid team to quake-stricken AlbaniaAP/Visar Kryeziu

Rescuers from Romania operate at a collapsed building after the 6.4-magnitude earthquake in Durres, western Albania | Photo: AP/Visar Kryeziu

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An Israel Defense Forces emergency humanitarian-aid delegation has left for Albania following the 6.4-magnitude earthquake that devastated the country on Nov. 26, killing over 50 people, the IDF said on Tuesday.

"We just dispatched an IDF humanitarian aid delegation to Albania following the devastating earthquake that took 50+ lives and left thousands injured," the military posted on the official IDF Twitter feed, adding the hashtag "#IDFinAlbania."

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The Israeli team will join disaster experts from the United States, France, Italy, Greece, Romania, Turkey, and Serbia.

We just dispatched an IDF humanitarian aid delegation to Albania following the devastating earthquake that took 50+ lives and left thousands injured. #IDFinAlbania 🇮🇱🇦🇱

— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) December 3, 2019

The 10-member IDF team will focus on determining the structural soundness of the buildings still standing after the natural disaster, and is led by Israel's Home Front Command and supported by the Israeli Foreign Ministry.

Authorities have estimated that as many as 7,900 buildings have been damaged throughout Albania by the quake, with some 6,000 people having been left homeless. An estimated 1.9 million people have been affected by the quake.

Israel sent humanitarian aid teams to Haiti in 2010, Nepal in 2015, Mexico in 2017 and Brazil following the Minas Gerais dam collapse earlier this year.

Though Albania is a Muslim-majority country, it maintains good diplomatic relations with Israel, having established formal ties in 1991.

Reprinted with permission from JNS.org.

Tags: aidAlbaniaEarthquakeIDFIDF Home Front Command

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