Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Sunday reached out to Turkey's defense attaché to Israel as well as the Turkish Defense Ministry and offered to send a search and rescue delegation to help Turkey cope with the aftermath of devastating floods.
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Gantz said that a team from the IDF Home Front Command could also provide medical personnel and supplies.
At least 58 people have been killed by flooding in northern Turkey, and on Sunday afternoon, dozens more were missing.
The flooding began after heavy rains that started last Wednesday near the Black Sea and have affected three Turkish provinces.
Recently, strained Israeli-Turkish relations have shown signs of thawing. Last month, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan congratulated President Isaac Herzog on his election victory, the first conversation between Erdogan and a senior Israeli official since 2013.
The conversation lasted some 40 minutes, and Herzog and Erdogan agreed to bolster bilateral relations, stressing that ties between Israel and Turkey were of great importance to stability and security in the greater Middle East, and that cooperation between the two countries had great potential, especially in the energy, tourism, and technology sectors.
