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Thursday, February 9, 2023
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Thursday, February 9, 2023
Palestinian delegation from West Bank heads to Turkey and Syria to assist in rescue efforts
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A Palestinian civil defense team including members of the Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Health and the Palestinian Red Crescent, pose for a group photo before they travel to Syria and Turkey, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, February 9, 2023. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)
Palestinian emergency responders left the West Bank today to assist with rescue efforts in Turkey and Syria.
Imad Zuhairi, director of the Palestinian International Cooperation Agency, says 73 doctors, paramedics and specialists will travel to neighboring Jordan, and from there one team will be dispatched to Turkey and the other to Syria.
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