Update on Israeli Rescue Efforts in Haiti:

Israel has joined the international aid effort by dispatching a large medical and rescue team to Haiti.

The team is due to arrive in Haiti Friday and the Israeli field hospital should be set up and begin treating patients Saturday.

The Israeli medical and rescue team, led by the IDF Home-front Command, is comprised of 220 people, of whom 120 are medical professionals, including 40 doctors.

The field hospital will have a surgery room and will be able to treat up to 500 people daily, including 50 emergency care patients.

In recent years, Israel has sent medical and rescue teams following natural disasters to countries including Turkey, Kenya and India.

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