that some buildings have now collapsed. our team on the ground there with jomana karedsheh were actually outside one of the rescue operations last night where three people were trapped in a building. now the disaster and emergency management agency here in turkey has confirmed that further three people have now tieddied bringi the death toll to six. and there is that sense of fear, many people now too afraid to head back home. and out here on the ground, i spoke to them and they said that they were terrified. they wouldn t be going home. and many are sleeping on the streets. nada, thank you. keeping an eye on russian president vladimir putin s speech to lawmakers. we ll head live to moscow after a short break. and later fleeing russia over the war in ukraine, we ll hear from one man who explains why he and others made the
in turkey, this image says it all. that is a father whose 15-year-old daughter is now dead. he is holding her hand as her body remains trapped under the rubble. and in syria, rescuers found a brave little girl comforting her siblings under the wreckage. and in syria, more than 4 million people were already relying on humanitarian assistance. let s go to jomana karedsheh who is live in turkey with more. you were there in the aftermath, what can you tell us about the search and recovery efforts? reporter: efforts continue and they say this is their top priority, but of course they are facing all the challenges. here the weather is a bit warmer and dryer than other parts of
rubble and in syria, aid agencies saying that it is very difficult for them to try to get information out of the country, the infrastructure there decimated by more than a decade of that civil war. and now you ve got an earthquake that has hit impacting communications and power outages, making it very difficult for them to get information and the extent of the damage in this hard hit part of syria. and we have a seismologist on earlier in the show said that the aftershocks continue for days now which would impact the search and rescue as well. jomana karedsheh, thank you for all the work you re doing. james elder, spokesperson for unicef is joining us for me. wish i could have you on in better circumstances. my first question, do you have a team on the ground there trying to help those stranded? yeah, we have teams in syria
to rubble and causing more than 100 aftershocks sending people running for their lives. thousands of buildings are decimated with people still trapped. you can see the clouds of duts as this building just fell to the ground in a turkish city. flat like a pancake. in turkey and syria, there is growing fear even more people will die if rescuers cannot get to them in time. teams are digging through the rubble using their bare hands, hammers, anything that they can find. more than 2400 people thus far have been rescued including this syrian boy who was trapped under piles of debris. so hard to even watch him lifting his hand to rescuers. they were ultimately able to pull him to safety. rescuers also got this toddler to safety after her home was severely damaged. her mother and siblings sadly all perished. jomana karedsheh is in istanbul. you ve been covering this for us
the police in general. but human rights organizations would tell you this is exactly the sort of behavior that they have been documenting for weeks now. what has been going on during these protests. amnesty international came just a few weeks ago saying that they have documented many cases where these unveiled women out on the streets protesting are being grabbed and dragged by their hair, where they are being sexually assaulted, their breasts groped by these police officers as they are being detained. and we don t even know what happens after that when they are in detention. really horrific stories that we have been hearing coming out of iran. and that sort of scene is what feeds the anger of those who are out on the streets. yeah, just shocking as you say. jomana karedsheh, thanks so much. the israeli army says its soldiers killed a man who opened fire near a settlement in the occupied west bank friday night. the shooting comes hours after