Israel will help Venezuela develop a plan to rebuild areas devastated by the recent earthquakes, according to a report by ynet. The assistance follows weeks of Israeli humanitarian aid missions on the ground.
Israel will assist Venezuela in developing a long-term reconstruction plan for areas devastated by the recent earthquakes, according to a report by ynet. The announcement comes after weeks of Israeli humanitarian aid operations on the ground, and follows the IDF delegation's presentation of a reconstruction plan to Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez on Friday, July 3, as The Zioneer reported at 17:55 Jerusalem. That plan was drafted by the team led by Brig. Gen. Elad Edri after three days of round-the-clock work.
As The Zioneer has documented throughout the thread: on June 30, an initial joint IDF-Foreign Ministry delegation arrived, marking the first official Israeli contact with Venezuela since diplomatic ties were severed in 2009. The delegation shifted from search-and-rescue to engineering assessments of approximately 1,300 damaged buildings by July 3, with Brig. Gen. Edri confirming the mission was operating openly in IDF uniforms. On the same day, President Rodríguez publicly thanked the team and praised their professionalism — the first positive statement by a Venezuelan leader toward Israel in 27 years — and credited the Jewish community and Rabbi Cohen for coordinating the mission.
As The Zioneer previously reported, the aid effort follows the fall of the Maduro regime and the severance of ties under Hugo Chávez. The team documented unusually extensive destruction in the earthquake zone, according to reports from June 30. The international rescue effort for the 7.5-magnitude quake, which killed at least 164 people, has involved 16 nations. The scope and timeline of the reconstruction plan remain undisclosed.
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