Turkish President Erdogan hands a medal to the Israeli army commander whose team assisted in the earthquake rescue effort

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of parliament from his ruling party, the Justice and Development Party. Photo: REUTERS/Murat Cetinmurdar

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday presented a medal and certificate of appreciation to Col. (Res.) Golan Fach, commander of the IDF Home Front Command’s search and rescue unit that assisted on the ground in Turkey in the aftermath of February. The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced a deadly earthquake.

Fach was among the local and foreign individuals and teams to whom Erdogan gave their contributions to the search and rescue effort after the earthquake that struck southern Turkey on February 6, killing more than 50,000 people in the country. Erdogan also presented an award to Nadav Markman, deputy head of the Israeli mission to Turkey, during the award ceremony held in Turkey on Hazikaron.

Fach’s team was among the first to reach Turkey to help in the aftermath of the earthquake and rescued 19 people from the rubble, according to Israel’s Foreign Ministry. Fach said of his team’s rescue efforts: “Our goal is to save lives. We believe that lives can be saved in this period of time. The conditions and conditions are difficult, the weather is cold, and the destruction is severe.”

Fach has more than 20 years of military experience. He and his IDF unit specializing in search and rescue operations helped with disasters around the world, including when an apartment building collapsed in Surfside, Florida, in 2021. They worked with American rescue teams at Surfside to find 81 victims under the rubble. . he said at the time.

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