The four children, aged 13, 9 and 4, as well as an 11-month-old baby, survived the impact and were rescued over two weeks after the crash.
What started as an accidental mission in 1953 paved the way for over 30 IDF humanitarian missions.
The pilots conducting the rescue missions dealt with long flights in the dark with lightning, rains, winds and torrential streams.
Rescue services are continuing the search for more victims and are in the process of identifying those involved.
The boat sent out a rescue call last night but no rescue mission has been launched yet.
After a crane collapsed in Ashkelon, one person is still missing while another is receiving treatment in the hospital.
Dr. Itai Basel, who helped rescue people in Turkey: “I’m a doctor and that’s what we do – try to save lives.”
State-of-the-art technologies from Magal, XTEND and Polaris were deployed to help rescue people from the earthquake in Turkey.
Camero-Tech’s Xaver 400 radar is specialized for use with buildings and was helpful in the IDF's Turkey mission.
The earthquake has killed more than 37,000 people in southern Turkey and northwest Syria.
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