Damascus - "Jerusalem" dot com - The number of Palestinian victims in the diaspora camps in Syria has risen to 22, as a result of the earthquake that struck the country at dawn on Monday, while two families have been identified as dead and missing under the rubble in Turkey .

And the Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Syria, Samir Al-Riffa, stated that 13 new bodies were recovered from Al-Raml camp, 5 from Jableh governorate, and 3 from Aleppo.

He pointed out that there are difficulties in rescue operations due to the difficult weather conditions, and the difficulty of vehicles entering the alleys of al-Raml camp, noting that this morning the bodies of three children, including two brothers, were recovered from under the rubble, in the Neirab camp for Palestinian refugees in Aleppo, as a result of the collapse of a wall. .

He explained that three Palestinian camps are located within the earthquake zone, namely: Al-Raml camp in Lattakia, Al-Neirab camp, and Handarat camp in Aleppo, in addition to separate Palestinian communities in the northern governorates of Syria.

Al-Rifai pointed out that the PRCS teams went to Al-Raml camp to participate in the rescue and ambulance operations.

He stressed that the Embassy of the State of Palestine is closely following developments related to the earthquake, and has dispatched its staff to the affected camps, and that it is making contacts to check on the Palestinian refugees in the various cities that were affected by the earthquake.

In northern Syria, the Palestinian ambassador to Turkey, Fayed Mustafa, reported the death of citizen Suleiman Muhammad Abu Suhaib, and that his family is still under the rubble in northern Syria, and that there is a Palestinian family under the rubble whose fate is unknown, in addition to two families in Afrin and Idlib.

Under the directives of President Mahmoud Abbas, Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh instructed to send civil defense teams and medical teams to participate in search and rescue work for the victims of the devastating earthquake that struck areas in Turkey and Syria.

The Prime Minister said: "The necessary arrangements have been made for the arrival of rescue teams with the Syrian and Turkish countries to facilitate access to the affected areas and provide assistance to the earthquake victims."