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Israel offers aid to Turkey after earthquake

Israel's defense minister has announced emergency aid to Turkey after an earthquake rocked Izmir and Samos.

Al-Monitor Staff
Al-Monitor Staff
Oct 30, 2020
IZMIR, TURKEY - OCTOBER 30: Emergency services personnel search a collapsed building for survivors after a powerful earthquake struck on October 30, 2020 in Izmir, Turkey. Six people have been killed and more than two hundred were injured after an earthquake struck the Aegean Sea off the coast of Turkey's Izmir Province. More than twenty buildings were destroyed in Izmir, Turkey's third largest city. (Photo by Usame Ari/Getty Images)
Emergency services personnel search a collapsed building for survivors after a powerful earthquake struck on Oct. 30, 2020 in Izmir, Turkey. — Usame Ari/Getty Images

The Israel Defense Forces are sending aid to Turkey after an earthquake rocked the Turkish city of Izmir and Greek island of Samos on Friday.

The tremor crumbled at least 20 buildings in Izmir, the Mayor Tunc Soyer told CNN. So far, some 70 people have been pulled from the rubble, said Izmir Governor Yavuz Selim Kosger, according to the state-run Anadolu News Agency. At least six people have been reported dead and some 200 believed injured.

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