New Delhi, February 8: The devastating earthquake in southern Turkey and Syria where the death crossed 7,800 mark, and rescue operation team is continuing to pull out the survivors from the debris. The authorities gathered to pull out survivors, where a video has gone viral of a seven-year-old girl shielding her sibling under the rubble on Wednesday.

The video is melting internet where it showed the seven-year-old girl and her younger brother were stuck under a heavy concrete of rubble when the building collapsed. It was after hours before they were rescued.

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Sharing a photograph of the trapped siblings, a United Nations representative, Mohamad Safa tweeted on Tuesday, “The 7 year old girl who kept her hand on her little brother's head to protect him while they were under the rubble for 17 hours has made it safely…”

The rubble has gone viral, where the seven-year-old shielding her sibling before their rescue surfaced online. Both of them were rescued and were lauded for being brave while the girl was hailed as a hero for maintaining her strength and determination in the face of the disaster.

The disaster became ever more apparent, the death toll looked likely to rise considerably. Turkey and Syria was hit by 7.8 magnitude of quake followed by more quakes and huge aftershocks have left thousands displaced, these horrific pictures have left prompting leaders across the world to provide a humanitarian response.

In a similar incident its seen that a newborn infant and a toddler were rescued from a war-ravaged Syrian town, as reported.

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- With inputs from agencies

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