A shipment of medical supplies from Israel, the first consignment from a foreign country of materials to aid the Brazilian victims of last week’s forest fires, arrived here today by air. The shipment contained medical supplies including 450 kilograms of blood plasma and 150 kilograms of antibiotics. Israel has already dispatched a second shipment of medical supplies to aid the fire victims.
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