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Israeli rescue team applauded in the streets of Mexico
By TOI staff and Agencies
Dozens of individuals, some waving Mexican flags, spontaneously cheer delegation which is aiding in search for survivors following earthquake
Rescuers from Mexico and Israel search for survivors on September 22, 2017, 3 days after a strong quake hit central Mexico (iAid)
September 23, 2017, 1:34 am
Israeli rescue team applauded in the streets of Mexico
Dozens of individuals, some waving Mexican flags, spontaneously cheer delegation which is aiding in search for survivors following earthquake
By TOI staff and Agencies
A ladder is raised to search and rescue team members during rescue efforts at the Enrique Rebsamen school in Mexico City, Mexico, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Anthony Vazquez)
September 22, 2017, 4:51 pm
Mexico shocked by news: Girl trapped in school rubble didn’t exist
Acknowledgement that no 'Frida Sofia' was trapped by quake leads to anger, complaints that search for her distracted from other rescue efforts
By Gisela Salomon and Maria Verza
Rescuers from Israel take part in the search for survivors in a flattened building in Mexico City on September 21, 2017 two days after a strong quake hit central Mexico. (AFP/ Yuri CORTEZ)
September 22, 2017, 4:42 pm
Israeli rescuers search for survivors in Mexico after devastating quake
As death toll rises to 286, Israeli team joins race to find those trapped in rubble, using technology to detect cell phone signals
By TOI staff and Agencies
Rescuers, firefighters, policemen, soldiers and volunteers remove rubble and debris from a flattened building in search of survivors after a powerful quake in Mexico City on September 19, 2017. (AFP/Ronaldo Schemidt)
September 22, 2017, 5:30 am
Hope fading for survivors as Mexico search enters 3rd day
Authorities put the death toll from Tuesday's 7.1 magnitude quake at 272 people, with the number expected to rise
By AFP
An IDF Home Front Command team arrives in Mexico to assist following the devastating earthquake that hit the country, September 21, 2017. (IDF spokesperson)
September 21, 2017, 6:37 pm
IDF emergency team arrives to help quake-stricken Mexico
Home Front Command engineers will assess integrity of buildings hit by tremor; small number of rescuers will assist local efforts
By TOI staff and AP
Rescuers, firefighters, policemen, soldiers and volunteers search for survivors in a flattened building in Mexico City on September 20, 2017 a day after a strong quake hit central Mexico. (AFP PHOTO / Yuri CORTEZ)
September 21, 2017, 2:01 pm
Rescuers in grim search for survivors of Mexico quake; over 230 dead
Israel, Chile, El Salvador and Honduras sending search and rescue specialists after 7.1-magnitude tremblor
By Jennifer GONZALEZ COVARRUBIAS and Yussel GONZALEZ
Soldiers in the IDF Home Front Command's search and rescue units carry a stretcher during a large-scale exercise in Zikim near the Gaza border on July 3, 2016. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
September 20, 2017, 10:49 am
IDF to send 50-person delegation to earthquake-hit Mexico
Home Front Command engineers will assess integrity of buildings hit by tremor; small number of rescuers will assist local efforts
By Judah Ari Gross
A man is pulled out of the rubble alive following a quake in Mexico City on September 19, 2017.(AFP PHOTO / Ronaldo SCHEMIDT)
September 20, 2017, 9:07 am
Mexico quake death toll surges to 248, including 21 children
Students crushed beneath a primary school in Mexico City during the 7.1-magnitude quake; 30 kids, eight adults still missing at site of collapse
By AFP and TOI staff
Rescue workers and volunteers search a building that collapsed after an earthquake in the Roma Norte neighborhood of Mexico City, Tuesday, September 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
September 20, 2017, 6:46 am
Israel to dispatch rescuers, aid after quake devastates Mexico
Netanyahu says he ordered help sent to country after Mexico City asked for assistance, as death toll from 7.1 magnitude temblor hits 149
By TOI staff and AP
Volunteers search a building that collapsed after an earthquake, in the Roma neighborhood of Mexico City, Tuesday, September 19, 2017. (AP/Eduardo Verdugo)
September 20, 2017, 12:16 am
Powerful earthquake rocks central Mexico, killing over 100
Rescuers search for survivors in rubble of collapsed buildings after 7.1 magnitude temblor; Jerusalem says it is not aware of any Israelis injured
By AP
Jewish Agency volunteers offer aid in Mexico, following a deadly earthquake (courtesy
September 19, 2017, 4:36 am
Jewish Agency volunteers help Mexico recover from earthquake
Volunteers distribute some 1,000 food parcels, clean water; doctors in delegation treat injured
By JTA
Tropical weather systems Hurricane Norma, left, on the Pacific Ocean side of Mexico; Jose, center, east of Florida; Tropical Depression 15, second from right, north of South America, and Tropical Storm Lee, right, north of eastern Brazil, on September 16, 2017. (NOAA-NASA GOES Project via AP)
September 17, 2017, 4:52 am
Storm, hurricane warnings send more chills to US East Coast
Multiple weather fronts currently at sea threaten to wreck havoc on American, Mexican and already-battered Caribbean shores
By AP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a presser with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (out of frame), at the Los Pinos Residence in Mexico City, on September 14, 2017. (Alfredo Estrella/AFP)
September 16, 2017, 6:21 am
On ‘post-army trek’ to Latin America, Netanyahu gets a break from domestic woes
Ahead of Trump meet and UN speech, PM does what he likes best: extolling Israel as a hi-tech and intel superpower. But his troubles are waiting for him at home
By Raphael Ahren
Benjamin Netanyahu, right, training in 1971 (Photo credit: Wikicommons/ GPO)
September 15, 2017, 7:32 pm
After his own ‘trek,’ PM urges Israeli hikers to visit South America
At end of tour of Argentina, Colombia and Mexico, Netanyahu posts clip referring to typical Israeli post-army backpack tradition
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto meet in Mexico City, September 14, 2017 (Avi Ohayun/GPO)
September 15, 2017, 1:51 am
In Mexico, Netanyahu seeks a ‘pardon’ — for not visiting sooner
Months after sparking anger by tweeting support for Trump's border wall, PM hails Mexicans as a 'great people'
By Raphael Ahren
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