In the video: In a small and narrow space: the rescue attempts of those trapped among the ruins in Turkey (Photo: Yoav Itiel)
Four days after the disaster and in the city of Karamanmarsh, which is in the province near the Syrian border, Turkish flags were lowered to half-mast.
Tens of thousands of people are buried under the rubble and their families are desperate for skilled forces to reach out and rescue them.
Wind carries the fine dust to the eyes.
The Home Front Command delegation together with the Rescue Union worked for long hours yesterday trying to rescue two people trapped under an eight-story building that collapsed.
Voices were heard from inside, then clicks, then stopped.
Every time the rescuers thought that there was an answer, they asked everyone to be quiet, even in the nearby buildings where rescuers are working, there are many of them.
An engineer who came from Israel sat with family members and neighbors and together they drew the floor plan.
They tried to dig a hole, but it didn't work, they didn't give up and continued their efforts even during the night.
Rescue attempts (Photo: Yoav Itiel)
The residents among the ruins of the city (Photo: Yoav Itiel)
Next to the building people sit, stand and light small fires to keep warm.
This is how they do the last night in the bitter cold and sub-zero temperatures.
At a rough estimate, there are dozens of collapsed buildings, maybe hundreds in this city alone.
At noon, the cry of "Ambulance" was heard, and someone was rescued alive from one of the buildings.
On the other hand, time after time bodies of neighbors and relatives are removed from buildings.
Carrying them in a black sack along the street, in silence.
Most of them remain under the ruins, and thanks to the intense cold, the time when a great stench will spread is delayed for the time being.
There is no electricity, water or gas in the city yet.
Another Israeli delegation, from Zaka, is making its way to the country. Omat, a 20-year-old volunteer from Ankara, thanked the Israeli delegations for mobilizing to help Turkey in its difficult time, and expressed frustration with the behavior of the authorities in the country who are not doing enough. He said that where his parents live, how many From the city center the authorities were not visible at all.
"Although there is no destruction there like here, but there is no electricity and water and no one came."
He is not the only one.
"Organization and logistics are not our strong point," said another young man, who came from Istanbul to help the residents desperate for aid." The
same goes for Oregon, a cadet at a military academy, who said that "most people have already given up, they don't believe they will find their loved ones alive.
They are waiting for everything to be over, for the ruins to be cleared and they can start their lives anew." Today President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the disaster area. In the absence of electricity and consequently television, most of the residents did not know about it at all.
Israeli teams assist in the rescue (Photo: Yoav Itiel)
Clearing the ruins (Photo: Yoav Itiel)
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Tens of thousands of people were injured in both countries, and many more lost their homes.
Hospitals and schools collapsed, and entire areas were turned into ruins.
In Turkey, the center of the noise, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared a state of emergency for three months in ten districts of the country that he defined as a disaster area.
The state of emergency will allow the government to bypass parliament and enact new laws and restrict civil rights and liberties.
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