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Last update - 15:51 28/05/2008 Israel sends third relief team to aid cyclone-ravaged Burma By Haaretz Service Tags: Israel, united nations, Burma  Israel on Wednesday dispatched a third disaster relief team to areas of Burma devastated by Cyclone Nargis earlier this month. The team comprises medical personnel and training and logistics specialists. Israel also sent relief workers four days after the cyclone struck Burma's Irrawaddy delta and its main city Yangon on May 3. Advertisement IsraAID - the Israeli organization dispatching the relief teams - has already shipped 10 tons of relief supplies to the country, and dispatched medical specialists to train 500 local doctors to deal with the large-scale disaster. IsraAID earlier this week sent a representative to join Israel's Ambassador to Yangon for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) conference on Sunday, which was held to raise funds for the disaster relief efforts. In the days following the cyclone, the Foreign Ministry sent $100,000 in initial emergency food and medical supplies to survivors. Cyclone Nagris has left more than 130,000 people dead or missing. The United Nations estimates that 1.5 million survivors in the hardest-hit regions have yet to receive aid. The country's ruling military junta had barred relief groups from entering areas devastated by the cyclone, but has recently begun to allow aid to make its way to survivors. Related articles: Two Israeli tourists thought missing in Burma cyclone found unharmed 13,000 feared dead after cyclone rips through Burma A history of repression Bookmark to del.icio.us   Fight club Jerusalem camera catches brutal attack by Jewish teens on Arab youths. Unbrotherly behavior Rights group: Palestinian governments violate human rights in quest for control.   1.   Good job 16:44  |  fanofaungsansuukyi 28/05/08   2.   Finally some relief getting in... 18:00  |  Aphemia 28/05/08   3.   The real light to the nations . 18:44  |  TOMY 28/05/08   4.   We are proud of you.. 19:00  |  H 28/05/08   5.   Israel sends third relief team to aid cyclone-ravaged Burma 19:25  |  Amy 28/05/08   6.   But you are starving the Palestinians to death 19:34  |  Marilyn 28/05/08   7.   What did our Muslem Bros. Send? 19:38  |  Leor 28/05/08   8.   Marilyn funny but the Gazans remarked how poor 20:53  |  x-ray 28/05/08   9.   #6, Grow Up And Face Reality 21:47  |  Mordechai 28/05/08   10.   Hey Indrayaja what did Jakarta Send? 22:00  |  Robert/Montreal 28/05/08   11.   Marilyn so then why is Egypr not opening its border to help 22:02  |  Robert/Montreal 28/05/08

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