The 81-member team from the AFAD disaster management left for the Gaza border just over a week ago with specialised search-and-rescue tools, including life-detection devices and trained search dogs.

xAnkara: A Turkish disaster response team is still waiting by the Gaza border for Israeli approval to enter the Palestinian territory to help with search and rescue operations, a defence ministry source said Thursday. The 81-member team from the AFAD disaster management left for the Gaza border just over a week ago with specialised search-and-rescue tools, including life-detection devices and trained search dogs. But they need Israel's approval to enter Gaza, which has been largely reduced to rubble after two years of Israeli bombardments. "AFAD is still waiting at the border. Israel sti

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