An IDF spokesperson confirmed that in response to a request from the Jordanian Government, soldiers from the Airforce's elite search and rescue unit, unit 669 were sent in helicopters to help rescue a school bus full of children trapped in flood waters on the Jordanian side of the Dead Sea.
"At the moment, the troops are assisting in the effort to locate the missing and are doing all in their power in spite of the adverse weather conditions in order to assist the children in the flooded area," added the spokesman.