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Time is running out for Jews missing in Turkey 09 FEBRUARY 2023/18 SHEVAT 5783
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BY DAVID SAFFER
Time is running out for search and rescue teams to find survivors, including Jews, following two devastating earthquakes that rocked the Turkish-Syrian border on Monday morning. Over 11,000 people have been killed following a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck near Gaziantep, southeast Turkey, followed by a 7.5-magnitude earthquake then aftershocks. The tremors was felt up to 250 miles away from the epicentre in Israel, Lebanon, Cyprus and Egypt. According to reports yesterday there were 8,500 fatalities in Turkey and 2,500 in Syria. Over 40,000 people have suffered injuries. Over 380,000 people are sheltering in government shelters, hotels, shopping malls, mosques and community centres. These figures are expected to rise substantially as desperate attempts are made to continue to clear rubble from thousands of
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Rescuers are digging earthquake rubble to find survivors in Hatay, Turkey
buildings. The World Health Organisation has warned that victims may reach 20,000 and 23 million people across Turkey and Syria could be affected by the disaster. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been to the disaster area and
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declared a seven-day mourning period and said 13 million people of Turkey's 85 million population have been affected by the earthquake. Melinda Young, Unicef’s senior emergency advisor for Syria, told
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