After a long 25-hour journey, all members of the Israeli delegation arrived in Venezuela. The 32 professionals, including structural engineers and Home Front Command experts, gathered in the coastal area of La Guaira, which was hit by two powerful earthquakes, and began surveying the many buildings ahead of reconstruction efforts.
Brig. Gen. Elad Edri, chief of staff of the Home Front Command and commander of the delegation, said that “after touring the area, we understood that we could do much more than we had planned. We proposed a comprehensive plan to rehabilitate the area.”
The double earthquake struck Venezuela on June 25, and since then, more than 3,340 people have been pulled dead from the rubble. The earthquakes left more than 17,000 people homeless and about 16,000 others injured. Some of the victims have yet to be identified, and Edri said that “the understanding is that there are many more victims, along with a large number of missing people. This is an area that was severely hit. The city of Caracas is located on a high ridge, and beneath it are hotels, ordinary residential neighborhoods and the airport. It is very similar to Jerusalem, with the Dead Sea below it.”
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