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Israel's Foreign Ministry issued a statement regarding the search and rescue operations being carried out at the collapsed building in Cali, Colombia.

The statement said the Israeli rescue delegation advanced into deeper sections of the rubble on the fourth day of operations and that the teams recovered the bodies of three people from the debris today.

Rescue teams were reported to be continuing to clear other layers of debris and trying to reach other people trapped beneath the rubble.

The statement said search dogs belonging to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were also assisting teams in identifying areas where people might be located beneath the debris.

It was noted that Israeli rescue delegation spokesperson Ambassador Alon Lavi provided updates from the area where the operations were being conducted.