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Relatives console Muna Khadka, center, who lost her son Aayush Khada in flash floods, at a cremation ground in Chitwan, Nepal, August 31, 2026.
September 2, 2026, 11:39 am
Nepal turns to rehabilitation as hope fades for nearly 4,000 missing after glacier disaster
Rescuers make last search of hydropower tunnels a week after devastating flash floods left more than 1,100 dead; authorities fear many are buried under debris
By Gopal Sharma and Saurabh Sharma
Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez center, meeting with Israeli representatives in a photo released on July 22, 2026. (IDF Spokesperson)
July 22, 2026, 5:13 pm
Israel ends Venezuela quake mission, will continue assisting remotely
Foreign Ministry says acting President Rodriguez met with Israeli delegation before its departure, thanked it for ‘key’ contribution to rescue efforts, as strained ties thaw
By Nava Freiberg
Residents and rescue workers search through the rubble of a building that collapsed in an earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela, June 25, 2026. (AP/Ariana Cubillos)
June 25, 2026, 5:35 pm
Israel making ‘immediate preparations’ to send aid team to quake-stricken Venezuela
No Israelis known to be harmed in devastating natural disaster that has killed more than 150; Israeli nonprofit NATAN sends team as ZAKA, IsraAid prepare to mobilize
By Nava Freiberg, Sue Surkes and Agencies
Rescue teams work to recover missing persons in a destroyed Bat Yam building following a deadly Iranian missile attack, June 15, 2025. (Stav Levaton/Times of Israel)
June 15, 2025, 5:04 pm
In a race against time, amid grief and dust, Bat Yam searches for survivors of Iran strike
Rescue efforts continue into Monday as residents recall near escapes and the city begins reckoning with its wounds; Netanyahu, Herzog and Ben Gvir visit the scene
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Search and rescue teams search for a diver who has been missing since he was attacked by sharks near the beach in Hadera, April 22, 2025. (Tal Gal/FLASH90)
April 22, 2025, 6:32 pm
Police send ‘findings’ from hunt for shark attack victim for forensic examination
Israel Police spokesman says efforts will continue until we can ‘bring relief to the family’; eyewitness says man shouted ‘I’ve been bitten, I’ve been bitten’ before disappearing
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Israeli search and rescue experts are seen in Thailand on March 30, 2025, to assist following a major earthquake. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 30, 2025, 11:44 pm
Israeli delegation assists Thailand with search and rescue efforts after major quake
Engineers, doctors, rescue professionals dispatched to Bangkok after 7.7 magnitude earthquake downs skyscraper, rattles buildings in Thai capital
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Israeli Consul in Japan Avinoam Mizrahi, second from right, with three Israeli men who had been stranded in a mountainous ski resort near Japan's Hakuba, after their rescue, January 7, 2025. (Israeli Embassy in Tokyo)
January 7, 2025, 9:38 am
3 Israelis rescued from freezing Japanese mountain where they were stranded
Snowboarders got stuck after venturing off marked trails at Hakuba ski resort; Israeli envoy thanks Japanese for efforts, says trio undergoing medical checks
By ToI Staff
This handout photograph taken on September 10, 2023, by the Spanish Military Emergency Unit (UME) shows members of the UME ready to board an Airbus A400 military plane at the Zaragoza air base (Handout / UME / AFP)
September 10, 2023, 5:15 pm
As crucial hours pass, Morocco yet to accept most aid offers following quake
Teams from Israel, Europe and across the globe continue to await green light from Rabat; ‘There are people dying under the rubble, and we cannot do anything,’ rescuer says in Paris
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Members of rescue teams carry the body of a victim of an earthquake in Ouargane village, near Marrakech, Morocco, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
September 10, 2023, 5:11 am
Death toll from Morocco quake crosses 2,000, as authorities fear it’ll keep climbing
At least 2,059 people are injured, 1,404 critically, Rabat says; Foreign Ministry reports that it has accounted for all 479 Israelis in the country and all are safe
By AP and ToI Staff
A rescuer searches for survivors under the rubble of a house destroyed in an earthquake in Moulay Brahim, Al-Haouz province, on September 9, 2023. (Fadel Senna/AFP)
September 9, 2023, 10:10 pm
Rescue teams struggle to reach survivors as Morocco quake kills over 1,300
Many in historic Marrakesh sleep outside, fearful to reenter buildings; one expert says he expects final death toll to be in the thousands
By SAM METZ and Mosa'ab Elshamy
Residents flee their homes after an earthquake in Moulay Brahim village, near the epicenter of the earthquake, outside Marrakech, Morocco, September 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
September 9, 2023, 10:09 pm
IDF aid team to quake-hit Morocco on hold as Israel awaits response to offer
Gallant speaks with Moroccan counterpart, touts ‘commitment to stand by our partners during difficult times’ after over 1,300 killed; Health Ministry also organizing team
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Residents and tourists stay out in a square following an earthquake in Marrakesh on September 9, 2023. (Fadel Senna/AFP)
September 9, 2023, 10:12 am
Israel preparing to send search and rescue mission, assistance to quake-hit Morocco
Netanyahu: ‘We will help in any way we can’; Gallant tells IDF to ready ‘to provide immediate emergency assistance’; no immediate reports of Israeli tourist casualties
By ToI Staff and AFP
American caver Mark Dickey, left, 40, talks to a colleague inside the Morca cave near Anamur, southern Turkey, Sept. 7, 2023. (Turkish Government Directorate of Communications via AP)
September 8, 2023, 3:33 pm
Rescuers may soon try to extract US explorer stuck in Turkey cave after he fell ill
Mark Dickey became sick with stomach bleeding 3,000 feet deep inside Taurus Mountains; researcher has sufficiently recovered that process to move him out can begin, official says
By Mehmet Guzel and Khalil Hamra
Nitzan Tal with rescue dog Paige during an exercise as part of Project Locate, spring of 2023. (Shanie Roth Photography)
August 5, 2023, 2:40 am
Israeli K9 search and rescue training program turns pets into protectors
Run by alumni of the IDF’s prestigious Oketz unit, Project Locate teaches family dogs to work together with their owners to sniff out disaster victims or intruders
By Tara Feldman
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