Israel Helps Venezuela Draft Quake Recovery Plan

Israel is expanding its earthquake mission in Venezuela from field assistance into recovery planning, with a 20-person expert team in Israel helping analyze damage and draft a national rehabilitation plan at Caracas's request. The plan was presented to Venezuela's infrastructure minister on July 5 and is expected to be shown to acting president Delcy Rodriguez in the coming days, while Israeli personnel on the ground continue coordinating with local authorities. Earlier mission reports describe Israeli disaster-response specialists assessing damaged infrastructure, supporting search-and-rescue work and sharing Israeli emergency expertise despite the absence of formal diplomatic ties. The mission shows Israeli skill serving life and reconstruction far beyond the Jewish state.