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Sunday, March 16, 2025
Israel sends medical delegation to North Macedonia after fire crisis
Israel will dispatch a group of medical specialists to North Macedonia, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar announces, after a fire at a nightclub claimed dozens of lives and left many injured in the European country.
“Israeli medical experts will travel to North Macedonia within the next day to provide medical assistance,” Sa’ar says he told his North Macedonian counterpart Timcho Mucunski, expressing his condolences over “the terrible tragedy” in a post on X.
I spoke with my counterpart, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia @TimcoMucunski to express our condolences for the terrible tragedy in which more than 50 people were killed and dozens were injured in a fire. I told my counterpart that Israeli medical experts will…
— Gideon Sa'ar | גדעון סער (@gidonsaar) March 16, 2025
Last night’s massive fire broke out at a nightclub in North Macedonia’s southern town of Kocani after clubgoers used pyrotechnics that caused the roof to catch fire. It killed 51 people and injured about 100 more.
North Macedonian Health Minister Arben Taravari told reporters earlier today that 118 people have been hospitalized, adding that he had received offers of assistance from neighboring countries, including Albania, Bulgaria and Greece.
The Times of Israel Community.