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Israel sending aid to flood-hit Serbia and Bosnia

May 19, 2014 09:40
Flood Banks

By

Rosa Doherty,

Rosa Doherty

1 min read

Israel is providing emergency aid to help the victims of flooding in Serbia and Bosnia.

Israel sent medicine, food, blankets and waterproof clothing by helicopter to the region this weekend after tens and thousands of people were forced to flee their homes.

Jasna Ciric, the president of the Jewish community in Nis, Serbia, said all members of the Doboj Jewish community were safe, but some were still trapped in their homes without electricity, water or telephone lines.

Doboj is a town in Bosnia’s Republic of Serbia region, which has a small Jewish community. It was especially hard hit by the floods.

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