On August 7th 1998 a car bomb exploded near the US embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. Immediately following the event, a decision was made by the Prime Minister and the Minister of Security to dispatch to Kenya a search and rescue mission headed by the HFC S&R experts. The task force consisted of approximately 170 people - representatives of the HFC National S&R unit, K9 squads, a regular S&R force from the HFC training facility, a medical team from the IDF Medical Corps, representatives of the SIGNALS Corps, the IDF spokesman and PR unit, the Foreign Ministry and the media. Upon departure from Israel the mission was commanded by the task force CO Brigadier-General Ilan Harari, the HFC Chief of Staff, the officer commanding the force in the field Colonel Shalom Ben-Arye, CO of the HFC training facility, and the officer commanding the S&R element of the task force Lt. Colonel Nachum Frenkel, CO of the HFC National S&R unit. On August 10th 1998 the mission in place was joined by the HFC Commanding Officer Major-General Gabi Ofir and the S&R unit commander Colonel Udi Ben-Ori. The task force personnel succeeded in rescuing 3 survivors and 95 bodies.
The Israeli S&R mission was received with a great deal of sympathy and appreciation from the Kenyan community as well as from public across the world and collected much praise on its professionalism and the prompt operational assessment made in the field. The Israeli team was the first foreign mission to reach the site and began working immediately.
@johniki8 The rubble tells anybody that knows what they are looking at that it was an internal explosion, probably several that caused that. A truck stuck a hundred feet away at the gaurd gate could not do this. Thats why a foreign army came in an secured a sensitive US installation. Bill Clinton had this done to get the attention off his impeachment trial and his forced admission to lying under oath. Please explain the lack of damage to the surrounding buildings, and this collapse.
IranContraScumDid911 3 months ago
this brings fresh memories!.i was up there in that rubble during the search and rescue of victims. i smell that smell of burning gasoline /burnt human remains.God bless kenya and the united states of America. we pray for the souls of those loved ones that left this world in such a terrible way!!! God have mercy on them.
johniki8 3 months ago