A delegation of United Hatzalah medics will be traveling to Sydney, Australia, today to assist local authorities in the aftermath of today’s terror attack that targeted a family-friendly Hanukkah gathering for the local Jewish community of Bondi Beach, a UH spokesperson says.
The delegation, led by senior members of the organization’s Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, will work to provide support and assistance to both the Jewish community and the wider public affected by the devastating incident. It will include a multidisciplinary team with extensive experience in responding to terror attacks and large-scale disasters.
The UH teams have been deployed to crises around the world, including the June 2021 Surfside condominium building collapse in Miami, earthquakes in Morocco and Turkey, and the Tree of Life synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh in October 2018, in which 11 people were killed.
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