The Home Front Command and Foreign Ministry delegation in Venezuela conducted surveys at residential complexes, hospitals, and destruction sites, according to documentation released by the IDF Spokesperson and reported by N12.
On Tuesday evening, the IDF Spokesperson released footage showing the Israeli aid delegation surveying residential complexes, hospitals, and destruction sites in Venezuela. The documentation, reported by N12, offers the most detailed visual look yet at the delegation's work on the ground, following earlier photos of building screening released on Friday.
The release builds on a series of developments reported by The Zioneer on Friday, July 3, at 17:55 Jerusalem. That day, the desk reported that documentation of the IDF delegation had been released, and that the delegation was conducting building-by-building security assessments. Earlier on Friday, the delegation's shift from search-and-rescue to engineering assessments was reported, with Home Front Command Chief of Staff Brig. Gen. Elad Edri stating that some 1,300 structures required inspections. Also on Friday, the delegation presented a reconstruction plan to Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez, and the acting president publicly thanked the delegation. The wider timeline shows the IDF vanguard landed in Venezuela on Thursday, July 2, at 09:39 Jerusalem, as The Zioneer reported. Private rescue teams had already reported extensive destruction on Tuesday, June 30, at 20:12 Jerusalem.
The delegation, deployed at Venezuela's request, operates openly in IDF uniforms despite no formal diplomatic ties between the two countries since 2009, as The Zioneer has reported. The mission is part of an international response that swelled to at least 16 nations, with the UN coordinating aid, as reported on Saturday, June 27, at 00:59 Jerusalem.
The specific findings of the surveys — including which buildings may be salvageable or require demolition — have not been disclosed. The delegation's planned return was Sunday, with a possible extension; it remains unclear whether that has occurred.
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