BREAKING NEWS

Magen David Adom disaster team ready to deploy to NZ

A Magen David Adom disaster team was prepared Tuesday to deploy to New Zealand to assist in emergency medical treatment, rescue and extrication following a 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck the city of Christchurch.
The team previously helped with rescue efforts in Haiti following the 7.0 magnitude earthquake which hit January 2010.
The rescue team works in cooperation with the International Red Cross.