Interim President Delcy Rodríguez approved the national rehabilitation plan formulated by the Israeli delegation, according to a joint statement from the IDF Spokesperson and Foreign Ministry. Home Front Command engineering teams continue sorting buildings alongside local authorities, prioritizing multi-story residential buildings to enable residents to return home.
Interim President Delcy Rodríguez officially approved the national rehabilitation plan formulated by the Israeli delegation on Wednesday, as reported by the IDF Spokesperson and Foreign Ministry. The plan, presented by delegation commander Brig. Gen. Elad Edri and designated ambassador to Mexico Yoad Magen, was approved after a presentation to the president and senior officials. Home Front Command engineering teams continue sorting buildings with local authorities, prioritizing multi-story residential structures to enable residents to return home.
The approval follows a sequence of developments earlier Wednesday. At 07:53 Jerusalem, The Zioneer first reported that President Rodríguez had requested an extension of the Israeli delegation's stay to help implement the rehabilitation plan, and that PM Benjamin Netanyahu and FM Gideon Sa'ar had approved a two-week extension. Within the same hour, the president's office formally confirmed the request. This marked a rare high-level contact between the two countries, which have had no diplomatic relations since 2009.
As The Zioneer reported on Tuesday Jul 7, the delegation had been conducting surveys of residential areas, hospitals, and destruction sites. The mission was initially deployed on Jun 30 as a joint IDF and Foreign Ministry effort, following the devastating earthquake that struck on Jun 25. Israel's diplomatic presence in Venezuela, led by Yoad Magen, has been facilitating the mission despite the severed ties.
No new unverified claims emerge from this development. The approval represents the formalization of a process that had been set in motion earlier in the day.
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