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Opinion ‘Entire neighborhoods were wiped away’ : United Hatzalah medic on Morocco’s devastating earthquake
More than 2,900 people are dead after the 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck late Friday evening
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Fast Forward IsraAid dispatches team to Turkey following deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake
The relief workers will bring supplies, work to clean water after deadly quake
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Fast Forward Earthquake Centered Near Haifa Rocks Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale was felt throughout Israel. The temblor at about 8 p.m. Wednesday was centered about 125 miles off the coast of the Mediterranean Sea between the northern Israeli cities of Haifa and Hadera, according to Israel’s Geophysical Institute. No injuries or damage have been reported….
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Fast Forward Earthquakes Rattle Sea Of Galilee In Northern Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Several earthquakes, including one measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale, jolted the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel on Wednesday morning. Most of the earthquakes, known as a swarm, were small and unnoticeable. But at least one measured in at 4.1 at about 4:50 a.m., according to the Geophysical Institute of Israel….
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Fast Forward Iran, Iraq Reject Israel’s Offer Of Aid For Earthquake Victims
(JTA) JERUSALEM (www.jta.org) — Israel offered humanitarian assistance to the victims of the earthquake that killed hundreds of people in Iran and Iraq, but was turned down. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told American Jewish leaders gathered in Los Angeles Tuesday that was motivated to direct the aid by photographs of the devastation caused by…
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Fast Forward Israeli Volunteers Pull Rabbi’s Body From Rubble Of Mexico Earthquake
(JTA) — Volunteers from Israel’s ZAKA search and rescue organization recovered from a collapsed office building in Mexico the body of a local rabbi. Rabbi Haim Ashkenazi had been working in the office building when the 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck central Mexico on Tuesday afternoon, rocking the capital of Mexico City and causing hundreds of buildings…
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Fast Forward Israel Sends Search And Rescue Team To Mexico After Earthquake
A search and rescue team will leave Israel for Mexico in the wake of a severe earthquake in Mexico. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the operation and said it would leave for Mexico as soon as possible, his office said Wednesday morning in a statement. More than 200 people were killed when a 7.1-magnitude earthquake…
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