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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 465

disaster relief

IsraAID team member organizes relief supplies for Hurricane Harvey victims in shelters in Dallas, Texas, August 29, 2017. (IsraAID)
November 15, 2023, 1:04 am
Created to aid in crises abroad, Israeli NGOs are applying their expertise at home
IsraAID, OLAM and other organizations used to carrying out disaster relief missions throughout the world now find themselves responding to the aftermath of the Oct. 7 onslaught
By Deborah Danan
MK Moshe Gafni leads a meeting of the Knesset Finance Committee, which he chairs, on October 23, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
October 26, 2023, 3:34 pm
Brothers in Arms protest group okayed for tax break after shifting to aid mission
Knesset Finance Committee head Moshe Gafni sets aside tension with group that tried to torpedo judicial overhaul, force Haredi draft as it now scrambles to help those hurt by war
By Sue Surkes
A soldier walks at the site of the massive explosion at the port of Beirut, August 6, 2020. (Thibault Camus/Pool/AFP)
August 6, 2020, 6:49 pm
Rebuffed by Lebanon, Israelis seek workarounds to get help to Beirut
With direct assistance seemingly off table, doctors at Sheba draw up plan to treat victims in third country and aid group collects items to send from North America and Australia
By Nathan Jeffay and ToI Staff
National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University founder, Dr. Irwin Redlener. (Children's Health Fund)
April 2, 2020, 5:51 am
In virus epicenter NYC, disaster guru puts blame squarely on Trump White House
Founder of Columbia University’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness, mayoral adviser Dr. Irwin Redlener charges US president with massive delay in testing, mixed messages
By Rich Tenorio
The director of the epidemics service, Dr Karina Glick, checking a patient vital signs monitor at a ward, while wearing protective clothing, during a press presentation of the hospitalization service for future patients with coronavirus at Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital, on March 16, 2020, in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)/
March 24, 2020, 11:51 pm
Health Ministry document reveals Israel has only 50 backup ventilators
Letter updates that 192 emergency breathing machines have been distributed, with nearly 20% of them already in use; doctors expect need to soar in coming weeks
By ToI Staff
Israeli firefighter wearing protective clothes disinfects the entrance of the emergency of Hadassah Ein Karem hospital in Jerusalem on March 22, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
March 23, 2020, 8:37 pm
Comptroller report: Israel’s healthcare system cannot cope with a pandemic
Officials in newly appointed comptroller’s office blast him for delayed publication, saying report was ready months ago, failure to name those at fault means criticism is toothless
By Jacob Magid
During Superstorm Sandy Cpt. Dana Hall served as the Commander for Mission Execution. She and her team worked out of a SUNY college building. (Courtesy/ Cpt. Dana Hall)
January 12, 2020, 11:56 pm
From Ebola to hurricanes, mom in uniform keeps people safe while keeping kosher
As an officer in the US Public Health Service, Cpt. Dana Hall provides disaster relief to victims the world over, and is the only Orthodox woman in the 6,500-strong force
By Cathryn J. Prince
Tammy Hepps, Kate Rothstein and her daughter, Simone Rothstein, 16, pray from a prayerbook a block away from the site of a mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images/AFP)
December 11, 2019, 1:56 pm
Researchers measure the dollar value of ‘thoughts and prayers’
Study shows non-Christians and atheists would be willing to pay priests and religious strangers to keep their sentiments to themselves, but believers find them beneficial
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
An Israeli rescue specialist, right, arrives at a site where a body was found inside a vehicle stuck in the mud, days after a dam collapse in Brumadinho, Brazil, Monday, Jan. 28, 2019. Firefighters on Monday carefully moved over treacherous mud, sometimes walking, sometimes crawling, in search of survivors or bodies four days after a dam collapse that buried mine buildings and surrounding neighborhoods with iron ore waste. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
January 30, 2019, 4:32 am
IDF team aiding search at Brazil dam disaster met with praise and criticism
While many welcome the 130-strong Israeli contingent, some dismiss the effort as a ploy to distract from the conflict with the Palestinians
By Marcus M. Gilban
Residents inspect a house damaged by a tsunami, in Carita, Indonesia, December 23, 2018 (AP Photo)
December 24, 2018, 9:51 am
Israel sends warm wishes, but no aid, to tsunami-stricken Indonesia
In October, government reportedly sent water purifiers to disaster-affected areas in world’s most populous Muslim nation
By Raphael Ahren
Yehiel 'Hilik' Magnus (Screen capture: YouTube)
December 8, 2018, 11:35 pm
Meet Hilik Magnus, Israel’s top search and rescue expert
Head of Israeli-based rescue firm has been involved in thousands of operations around world, including locating body of rabbi killed in 2008 Mumbai attack
By JTA
A man stands under an umbrella in a neighborhood of Wani village on the outskirts of Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, October 4, 2018. (Dita Alangkara/AP)
October 4, 2018, 4:08 pm
Israeli disaster aid team to head to quake-hit Indonesia
Non-governmental organization IsraAID says workers will provide mental health support, conduct needs assessment in country with world’s largest Muslim population
By ToI Staff
Rescue personnel search for survivors at a collapsed home in Balaroa, West Palu, Indonesia's Central Sulawesi on October 3, 2018, after an earthquake and tsunami hit the area on September 28. (AFP/Yusuf Wahil)
October 3, 2018, 11:06 pm
Israel reportedly sends aid to Indonesia following earthquake, tsunami
Delegation said to prepare to head out in coming days to affected areas, where 1,400 have died and 200,000 are in need
By Raphael Ahren
People survey the damage to a residential area following a massive earthquake and tsunami at Talise beach in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, Oct. 1, 2018 (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
October 2, 2018, 11:08 pm
Israel, which offered disaster aid to Iran, strangely unhelpful to Indonesia
Officials won’t say why no help offered after quake, with 1,200 dead and 200,000 in need; Jerusalem has aided Turkey, Haiti, Philippines, Nepal, reached out to Iraq, even Iran
By Raphael Ahren
Members of an Indonesian rescue team search for victims from collapsed buildings in Palu in Central Sulawesi, October 2, 2018. (YUSUF WAHIL/AFP)
October 2, 2018, 11:47 am
Indonesia clamps down on looting as quake-tsunami toll reaches 1,234
Severed transport transportation links hampering rescue efforts; volunteers told to prepare a mass grave for up to 1,300 possible victims
By Harry Pearl
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