The IDF delegation sent to assist earthquake victims in Haiti settled on the island and built a medical facility on a football field to assist casualties of the collapsed UN headquarters in the capital Port-au-Prince. Search and Rescue teams are already searching the city in an effort to find survivors in the rubble.

The IDF delegation of aid arrived to Haiti Island on Friday (Jan. 15) and began to establish a field hospital to treat thousands of victims from the earthquake. The hospital will be able to absorb 500 casualties a day. In the afternoon, the hospital is already expected to receive wounded victims.

The delegation began to coordinate, and on shabbos, assistance began reaching hundreds of casualties of the UN building that collapsed in the outskirts of the city. Israeli forces completed the construction of the tents in order to provide help for the people. The previous night, medical supplies from Israel arrived at the airport.

Additionally in the morning hours of Haiti, three Search and Rescue units were sent to areas damaged by the earthquake in Port-au-Prince. The units are under the command of company and division commanders of the search & rescue unit of the Homefront Command and include rescue officers, security officers, and the famous Oketz canine unit which utilizes dogs in order to find survivors.

Local government officials estimate that most aid efforts were already directed to the capital Port- au-Prince, whose estimated 75% of its buildings were destroyed. The United Nations reports that communities outside of the capital are in a worse situation where the percentage of destruction is between 80 to 90%.

(YWN Israel / IDF Spokesman)