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January 19, 2010       Share:    

Source: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2010/01/israel-working-in-haiti.html

Israel: Sending Soldiers of Peace to Haiti

(Los Angeles Times) Batsheva Sobelman - When devastation struck Haiti, Israel quickly dispatched its professional military relief team including evacuation and recovery experts aided by dogs from the canine unit and an extensive medical delegation that quickly deployed its fully operational field hospital in the soccer field of Port-au-Prince - complete with surgeons and all, and a technical division that set up a communications and Internet network for coordination and video-conferencing with medical colleagues back home. The international press is also using the IDF network, as most other communications are down. The doctors' main problem is fatigue; they're working around the clock.

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