Cold, hunger and despair gripped hundreds of thousands of people left homeless after the earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria three days ago as the death toll passed 20,000.
(Adds aid from Greece, Israel; update death toll) Death toll is over 17,000 in Turkey, more than 3,000 in Syria Hundreds of thousands left homeless in middle of winter First U.N. aid convoy enters northwest Syria from Turkey Two-year-old pulled from rubble in Turkey 79 hours after quake By Umit Bektas, Mehmet Caliskan and Khalil Ashawi ANTAKYA, Turkey/JANDARIS, Syria, Feb 9, (Reuters) - C old, hunger and despair gripped hundreds of thousands of people left homeless after the earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria three days ago as the death toll passed 20,000 on Thursday.