| The communications staff was the first to arrive in Haiti , as an exploratory force. The force traversed the area and checked topographical conditions for the establishment of a communications center. Satellites and antennas were placed on the roofs of local buildings that had survived the earthquake. The staff worked with such skill and proficiency that in just three and a half hours, the communications center was complete and ready. |  |
The remainder of the delegation arrived with the medical staff and Home Front Command personnel,
who settled next to the communications center.
Telephone lines were ready for use even before the
first treatment was administered in the field hospital.
There is no doubt as to the importance of the communications center: it constitutes the main
communication link between the IDF forces in Haiti and IDF commanders in Israel .
The demand for the communication center’s services continues to be very high,
for both operational and media-sharing needs.
Civilians are also using the communication tools of the center, which is currently
the only supplier of internet in the area.
Tzarom says: “All media from the writers and reporters in the fields, all information,
is being transferred using our command center.
Because the communications tools here are not sufficiently prepared to transfer information
from the field we are assisting them by enabling them to do all of that from Haiti ,
in the best conditions possible.”
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