Israeli aid delegation arrives in Colombia to assist with post-quake rescue operations

Israel is one of the four countries, alongside the US, Ecuador, and El Salvador, to have been requested by Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella to send a search-and-rescue team.

Volunteer aids rescue efforts after Colombia quake  CNN

The strongest quake to hit Colombia this century destroyed nearly 13,000 homes.

Hopes of finding more survivors of the powerful earthquake that rocked Colombia early this week were fading as rescue workers narrowed their searches, while families in the worst-hit areas waited for news of missing relatives.

NewsFeedRescuers are searching collapsed buildings for survivors two days after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake devastated parts of western Colombia, killing hundreds and leaving thousands missing. Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman reports that hospitals are struggling to treat casualties amid supply shortages, while communications

The Azteca International Rescue Brigade, known as the Topos, or Moles, were finishing up post-rescue work in Venezuela when the 7.4 quake hit neighboring Colombia Monday morning

The death toll from Colombia’s earthquake rose above 200 as the new government of President Abelardo de la Espriella concentrates its efforts on responding to the strongest tremor to strike the country in 47 years.