Nancy Snyderman is NBC’s medical correspondent. She’s been in the Philippines and tweeted this photo yesterday.

Waiting for a chopper to fly to Gobo, Philippines where the Israeli Defense Force has moved into a hospital @nbcnews pic.twitter.com/qAqX5fd6Oy — Dr. Nancy Snyderman (@DrNancyNBCNEWS) November 15, 2013

The Israeli army’s spox for international media was also tweeting about the Israeli army’s achievement.

Since this morning #IDFinPhilippines mission has treated 200+ patients in the field hospital. #makingadifference — Peter Lerner (@LTCPeterLerner) November 15, 2013

Snyderman got out a story fast, on the Today Show. She puffed the Israeli army:

We’ve heard a lot of sad stories. Now we’re starting to talk about hope. Today the Israelis opened up shop in an area that has had very little attention… Quietly with no fanfare, the Israeli Defense Forces arrived too. The Israelis are known for security, top notch medicine and moving quickly. Dealing with a disaster is no exception… One hour after their doors were opened, the first baby was born… The baby boy’s name? Israel of course.

The IDF spokesman hopped on the news.

It seems to have made Fox, too.

The IDF can’t stop kvelling over the baby.

Snyderman now has a blog up at NBC, “in awe” of Israeli medics, “medicine at its very best” and humanitarianism of the highest order:

I’ve always been fascinated by how well the Israeli Defense Force, otherwise known as the IDF, delivers emergency response medical care in extremely poor conditions. My first experience with the IDF was in Haiti after the devastation of the earthquake there. They were remarkable then, triaging and treating patients in the midst of the devastation. I wondered if they had found their way here — so we set off to find them. And when we did, it was in a place we least expected… Smart. Sophisticated. Secure. This was what I had experienced with the IDF before. But now I was impressed with something else: the place they had selected. … I asked the IDF Surgeon General in charge why they chose Bogo. He said it was because they were poor and their needs were great. As I left, I walked away in awe of this group of doctors: physician humanitarians, and medicine at its very best.

P.S. This is called hasbara, getting out the Israeli story for the world. I wonder when was the last time Snyderman did a report from the West Bank or Gaza.

H/t Scott Roth’s acerbic twitter feed.