The Israeli field hospital set up at the Rwanda-Zaire border to administer emergency medical services to Rwandan refugees returned home this week after six weeks of harrowing work. During their stay, three teams of 90 medical and technical volunteers from the Israel Defense Force treated tens of thousands of ailing Rwandans, most suffering from cholera… More ▸
Israel has informed the United Nations that it is ready to offer medical aid to victims of the strife in Rwanda. This assistance would be in addition to the food and medicine Israel has already sent. For some months now, Israel has been discussing with U.N. officials the possibility of sending a mobile medical unit… More ▸
Israel and Rwanda have resumed diplomatic relations, broken off in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War. Ambassador Gad Ya’acobi, Israel’s permanent representative to the United Nations, signed the accord restoring ties with his Rwandan counterpart, Ambassador Marzi Bakuramutsa, at the Israeli mission to the United Nations on Oct. 11. At the ceremony, Ya’acobi spoke of… More ▸
