Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, March 17, 2022
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, March 17, 2022
17 tons of gear to build Israeli field hospital in Ukraine is loaded on El Al plane
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Equipment for an Israeli field hospital set to be built in the western Ukrainian city of Mostyska is loaded onto a plane at Ben Gurion Airport, March 17, 2022. (Sivan Shahar/Anaba/GPO)
An El Al plane has been loaded with 17 tons of equipment to build a field hospital in Ukraine ahead of its departure this afternoon.
The plane will travel to Poland, from where the equipment will be transferred to the western Ukrainain city of Mostyska to set up the hospital.
The Israeli medical team will depart next week.
“The State of Israel is acting to assist Ukrainian citizens who were injured in the war,” Prime Minister Naftali Bennett tweets ahead of the plane’s departure.
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