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(Scroll down for video) The first baby to be born at the emergency Israeli field hospital set up in the Philippines after a historic storm that caused thousands of casualties, was named Israel, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement.
"It's a boy!" An Israeli military spokesperson, Peter Lerner, said on Friday. "Amazing news coming out of the Israeli hospital that the IDF set up in the Philippines. The first baby was born. The grateful mother named the baby Israel," the IDF said.
The IDF humanitarian unit completed the implementation of a field hospital on Friday, after arriving to the storm-ravaged city of Daanbantayan, in northern Cebu Province, on Wednesday night, with about 100 tons of supplies.
The 147 member group, includes officials of the search and rescue unit and senior physicians of the Israeli Army Medical Corps. They set up a numerous medical departments to provide medical care to victims of the disaster.
The facility has departments for children, women and outpatient care, as well as general admissions department. The hospital is equipped with 100 tons of Israeli humanitarian and medical supplies.