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The Palestinian Authority sent nobody.
The IDF personnel will assist in the evaluation of the damage and also help with the actual rescue of individuals trapped under the rubble. The IDF spokesperson said that a field hospital may be set up in the future but there is none as yet.
At least 250 people were known dead after the 7.1 Richter scale earthquake hit on Tuesday. The casualties include at least 21 children who were crushed to death beneath an elementary school that was flattened by the quake, but one child, a girl, has been found alive and was rescued Wednesday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office offered condolences Tuesday and responded to a request for aid from the Mexican government. "Netanyahu ordered that aid and a search and rescue operation be organized to leave to Mexico as soon as possible," his office said.
Dudi Mizrahi, head of the IDF's search and rescue unit is leading the delegation and will supervise the engineers on the team. "They will help surveying buildings," and decide which structures are safe to enter and which will need to be torn down, an army spokesperson said.
Israel is frequently among the first countries to provide aid and trained personnel to disaster zones hit by natural catastrophes.
In 1999, Israel provided rescue and medical services to Turkey after an earthquake struck, and did the same for Haiti in 2010. Most recently, Israel provided help to Nepal in 2015 after they were struck by an earthquake.
The Palestinian Authority . . . not so much as a 'Get Well' card.
During Netanyahu's historic trip to Latin America last week, he met with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. The two leaders signed cooperation agreements in several fields including aviation, international development and space research.
Last year, the United Nations' World Health Organization reluctantly recognized Israel for having the world's best field hospital.
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