Israeli humanitarian groups dispatched to Turkey, Syria for quake rescue efforts

A delegation of Israeli doctors, medics, rescue operators and psych trauma specialists took off for southern Turkey on Tuesday afternoon to assist in rescue operations after a devastating earthquake and smaller aftershocks struck the area, killing thousands of people and leaving many more homeless in the heart of winter. The flight was organized by the United Hatzalah emergency response organization, and was scheduled to land in Gaziantep, one of the cities hardest hit by the tremors.