Mid-Day Update: Israel's response to the Nepal Earthquake
New Delhi, 27th April, 2015: The first batch of Israeli assessment teams, search and rescue experts, medical personnel and supplies arrived in Kathmandu to join international humanitarian efforts in the aftermath of the Nepal earthquake. Amongst the Israelis arriving in Kathmandu were staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Delhi who will lead, with their counterpart in Nepal the overall coordination of Israeli rescue operations. The building of the Israeli embassy in Kathmandu sustained some damage and embassy staff were operating a situation room from the yard.
Later today more Israeli planes, carrying more than 70 tons of much needed emergency supplies, are expected to arrive in Katmandu to set up a field hospital to help treat those injured in the quake and to join rescue teams to help search through the rubble for survivors.
Israeli government and missions in Kathmandu and Delhi, are also working with authorities in Nepal and India to locate and rescue Israelis who were affected by the earthquake in Nepal. At this time there are some 200 Israelis in the Chabad House and the Israeli Embassy in Kathmandu and some 100 Israelis in remotes areas.