On September 28, the Israeli rescue team, who helped to find people under the rubble of houses that hit the earthquake in Mexico, returned home.

In all, there were 71 people in the delegation, mostly servicemen of the IDF Logistics Service.

Mexican ambassador to Israel Pablo Masado Riva, literally with tears in his eyes, thanked all members of the delegation. "I hope that Mexico has grown to like you. You returned home to your families, but do not forget that you left another house in Mexico. Our house is your home, "the ambassador said.

Under the ruins of the building on September 24, the body of Rabbi Chaim Ashkenazi was discovered. His body was found by the employees of the Israeli organization ZAKA ("Identification and search for victims of terrorist attacks and natural disasters"), which were urgently sent to Mexico.

As reported by "Cursor", on September 20, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed to urgently prepare and send a group of rescuers to Mexico.

According to the press service of the Chancellery of the head of the government, earlier the Mexican authorities appealed to Israel with a request for help in eliminating the consequences of the devastating earthquake.

In Mexico, from an earthquake of magnitude 7.1, which hit the country on September 19, killed at least 300 people.

The epicenter of the earthquake was in the center of the country, most of all dead in the cities of Morelos, in Greater Mexico and the city of Puebla.