<p>Israeli Prime Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/benjamin-netanyahu" target="_blank">Benjamin Netanyahu </a>said his government was preparing to send medical and rescue assistance to <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/turkey" target="_blank">Turkey </a>following Monday's <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/world-powers-rush-to-offer-turkey-syria-aid-over-earthquake-1188416.html" target="_blank">earthquake that killed hundreds </a>in the country.</p>.<p>The 7.8 magnitude quake struck near the Turkish city of Gaziantep before dawn, killing more than 900 people in Turkey and more than 380 in neighbouring Syria.</p>.<p>"At the request of the Turkish government, I have instructed all authorities to make immediate preparations to provide medical, and search and rescue assistance," he said in a statement.</p>.<p>"The foreign and defence ministers have already been in contact with their counterparts and we will -- in the coming hours -- agree on the dispatching of a delegation as soon as possible," Netanyahu said, while offering condolences to the Turkish people.</p>.<p>A statement from Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu had told him that Turkey would "welcome the Israeli aid".</p>.<p>Israel and Turkey have revived relations in recent months, following a years-long rupture.</p>.<p>The earthquake also killed hundreds of people in Israel's northern neighbour Syria, but the two countries have no diplomatic relations.</p>
<p>Israeli Prime Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/benjamin-netanyahu" target="_blank">Benjamin Netanyahu </a>said his government was preparing to send medical and rescue assistance to <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/turkey" target="_blank">Turkey </a>following Monday's <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/world-powers-rush-to-offer-turkey-syria-aid-over-earthquake-1188416.html" target="_blank">earthquake that killed hundreds </a>in the country.</p>.<p>The 7.8 magnitude quake struck near the Turkish city of Gaziantep before dawn, killing more than 900 people in Turkey and more than 380 in neighbouring Syria.</p>.<p>"At the request of the Turkish government, I have instructed all authorities to make immediate preparations to provide medical, and search and rescue assistance," he said in a statement.</p>.<p>"The foreign and defence ministers have already been in contact with their counterparts and we will -- in the coming hours -- agree on the dispatching of a delegation as soon as possible," Netanyahu said, while offering condolences to the Turkish people.</p>.<p>A statement from Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu had told him that Turkey would "welcome the Israeli aid".</p>.<p>Israel and Turkey have revived relations in recent months, following a years-long rupture.</p>.<p>The earthquake also killed hundreds of people in Israel's northern neighbour Syria, but the two countries have no diplomatic relations.</p>