2,600 patients, Israel’s emergency medical team returns home from the Philippines and will be replaced by an EU delegation.
By JTA
The Israel Defense Forces emergency medical team left the Philippines 11 days after arriving there to aid typhoon victims.
![The Israeli mission in the Philippines delivers a baby, Nov. 15, 2013.- Photo by Twitter account of IDF spokesman Peter Lerner](https://www.haaretz.com/polopoly_fs/1.558227.1384507041%21/image/4004481734.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_640/4004481734.jpg)
The Israeli mission in the Philippines delivers a baby, Nov. 15, 2013.- Photo Twitted by IDF spokesman Peter Lerner
The 148-person medical team vacated the IDF’s emergency field hospital in Bogo City on Monday after treating more than 2,600 patients, including 800 children. The team also conducted 52 surgeries and delivered 36 babies.