Crisis Response – Israel News


Israel Under Attack – Updates from December 6, 2024

While Israel is still reeling from the devasting effects of the October 7 attacks, and its ongoing battles against Hamas in the south and Hezbollah in the north—all Israelis are facing very real threats at this very moment. The need to help Israel has never been greater. 

Friends and family attend the funeral of slain hostage Hersch Goldberg Polin at Har haMenuchot cemetery in Jerusalem. Goldberg-Polin was killed in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, September 2, 2024.

Israel is facing attacks from all sides. 

Even after one year following the attacks, everyone in Israel—from small children to elderly Holocaust survivors—is a target.  

As Israel and her people endure unimaginable heartbreak and unprecedented attacks, The Fellowship has been supporting them with food, bomb shelters, emergency care, security essentials, and more—and we’re committed to continuing that support.  

During this time of crisis, we urgently need your help.   

Your gift today can help us provide lifesaving help to the Jewish people who depend on us for critical humanitarian aid. 

The Fellowship’s Impact

The Fellowship is assessing needs daily, as we are receiving an overwhelming number of requests for aid. Along with the day-to-day aid we deliver regularly to Jewish people in need, we are delivering aid to populations hardest-hit by this crisis, including:

· Evacuees from war-torn areas, who were forced to leave their homes

· First responders and volunteers who need medical equipment

· Elderly beneficiaries, families, and new olim (immigrants), who need necessities like food, water, medical equipment, and psychological counseling to deal with trauma

Since October 7, 2023, The Fellowship has disbursed more than $101 million in aid to support the ongoing emergency needs and to continue to provide assistance in our core program areas of security, poverty, and aliyah, supporting beneficiaries impacted by the war and ongoing conflict. This includes those most heavily affected–the evacuees, the wounded, and the first responders.

Help Israel Now with Your Donation 

In these difficult times, every donation, big or small, contributes to a larger impact, giving hope to those facing the horrors of war. 

Your donation today could provide an essential food box and lifesaving aid to a Jewish person in need. Every blessing is a way to ease the burdens of those in need in Israel and her people during this moment of uncertainty—a way to share what we have with those who have lost everything. 


Families

Games for Netivot Children-shelter
  • 83,820 emergency food cards, boxes, and meals were provided to evacuees of communities around the Gaza Strip at the beginning of the war
  • 3,900 respite kits with games and activities for children in public bomb shelters
  • Provided basic needs such as food, clothing, hygiene materials, housing, etc. to more than 100,000 people
  • Prepared 600 emergency shelter kits for citizens living in public bomb shelters in the event there is a full-out war along Israel’s northern border

Aid

adult man in IFCJ-branded flak jacket delivering food to elderly woman
  • Supplied 350 hospitalization comfort kits for wounded soldiers
  • Support for operating costs of two trauma centers
  • Continue to provide over 1,000 daily meals through soup kitchens in northern Israel under rocket fire
  • Provide a variety of medical equipment to two hospitals in Israel
  • Covered operating costs of 4 medical vehicles
  • 350 wounded soldiers received financial support who had been released from the hospital and returned home

Security

Man carrying child walking through destruction in Israel
  • Supplied 5,038 protective flak jackets and 2,900 helmets to firefighters and emergency teams
  • Provided 9 armored security vehicles
  • Installation of 200+ mobile bomb shelters in northern Israel
  • Distributed 1,300 medical bags and rescue kits to paramedics and other emergency teams
  • Provided one mobile firefighting unit

*Numbers are reported from December 6, 2024 and are subject to change.


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