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Israel's Longest Humanitarian Mission Assists Venezuelan Disaster

7/21/2026

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The Israeli Home Front Command’s mission in Venezuela is its longest humanitarian assistance operation.
About 32 Israeli experts are in La Guaira assisting Venezuelan authorities with rehabilitation, in week three.
Brig. Gen. (Res.) Yossi Pinto leads the mission and calls the disaster complex and large-scale.
The team is developing a national situational assessment to guide rehabilitation priorities.
Local authorities are receptive, keeping the mission after most other teams have left.

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The Israeli Home Front Command’s mission in Venezuela is its longest humanitarian assistance operation.
About 32 Israeli experts are in La Guaira assisting Venezuelan authorities with rehabilitation, in week three.
Brig. Gen. (Res.) Yossi Pinto leads the mission and calls the disaster complex and large-scale.
The team is developing a national situational assessment to guide rehabilitation priorities.
Local authorities are receptive, keeping the mission after most other teams have left.