Israeli rescue team left Turkey saying ‘there is a threat’… Remarkable claim

The “security risk claims” of Israel’s search and rescue teams in Turkey’s seismic zones were also covered by the Turkish press.

United Hatzalah, one of the Israeli groups carrying out search and rescue activities in the earthquake zone, said in a statement on Twitter: “We are terminating the rescue mission due to serious security threats against the Israeli team and our team will return to Israel as soon as possible.” as soon as possible.” United Hatzalah Vice President Dov Maisel said: “We knew there were certain risks in sending our team to this region of Turkey, which is very close to the Syrian border, but we took steps to reduce the threats to this life-saving operation “Unfortunately, we have received solid intelligence about an imminent threat to the Israeli delegation,” he said.

On the other hand, no detailed information about this threat was provided.

REQUESTED TO SURRENDER THE WEAPONS

According to YNET news, one of Israel’s main media outlets, according to army sources, the Turkish authorities asked the Israeli relief teams that came to the earthquake zone to hand over their weapons. Turkish officials were claimed to have taken weapons from Israelis and said aid teams from other countries did not carry weapons.

It was noted that the Israeli teams argued that the threat against them was different from teams from other countries, even the Israeli Embassy in Ankara intervened, and the Israeli rescue teams, whose weapons were seized, were protected by Turkey.

According to the Ynet report, the Turkish authorities stated that Israel is the only country in the earthquake zone that wants to provide its own protection, calling it “unacceptable.”