Nepal – A Nepalese woman who was stuck under the rubble for five days after a massive earthquake struck Kathmandu was rescued Thursday by an Israeli-led rescue team.
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A 23-year-old maid, Krishna Devi Khadka, was pulled from a building near Kathmandu’s main bus terminal, police said.
Members of IsraAID worked for 10 hours with experts from France and Norway to free Krishna Devi Khadka who had been buried alive under the rubble of this quake-stricken capital for five days, listening to bulldozers clearing mountains of debris, fearful the incessant aftershocks might finally collapse the darkened crevice where she was trapped.
Over 250 doctors and rescue personnel were part of An IDF delegation comprised of 250 doctors and rescue personnel landed in Nepal Tuesday to help in the search efforts after a 7.8 earthquake struck the capital, killing around 6,000 people and left thousands injured and homeless.
Earlier in the day, U.S. and Nepalese rescuers freed 15-year-old survivor Pemba Tamang from the rubble. He did not have any major injuries.
The improbable rescue was an uplifting moment in Nepal, which has been overwhelmed by death and destruction since the 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Saturday. By late Thursday, the government said the toll from the tremor, the most powerful recorded here since 1934, had risen to 6,130 dead and 13,827 injured.
Israel’s field hospital in Nepal houses about 30 Israeli Nationals among their 100 patients, who were mostly suffering from dehydration.
