It’s been 1,000 days since the horrific terror attacks Israel faced on October 7, 2023. Jews in the Holy Land and around Israel woke to a new reality of antisemitic terror and violence being practiced in broad daylight with thousands being murdered and hundreds kidnapped. JNS reports that U.S. Ambassador to Israel, and friend of The Fellowship, Mike Huckabee urged people to remember those we lost on that fateful day.
“1000 days ago, Hamas monsters stormed out of Gaza & into Israel & massacred 1200 men, women & children-butchering them viciously taking 251 people hostage,” Huckabee tweeted.
“We should never forget the victims & should keep asking ‘how did such a thing happen?'” the envoy added.
Some 6,000 terrorists from Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Fatah, as well as unaffiliated Gazan “civilians,” infiltrated the Jewish state’s southern border on Oct. 7, 2023, murdering some 1,200 people, wounding thousands and kidnapping 251.
The attacks marked the deadliest-single day massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.
The Gaza war quickly expanded beyond the Strip, with Jerusalem also fighting Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, battling terrorist groups in Judea and Samaria, conducting military operations in Syria, confronting Houthi attacks from Yemen, carrying out strikes inside Iranian territory and responding to attacks from Iraq.
Since October 7, 2023, The Fellowship has committed $300 million in aid to Israel to support the country’s ongoing emergency needs while continuing to aid through our core program areas. This support includes everything from prepackaged emergency food, water, and equipment for first responders and security personnel to aliyah assistance for olim and other vulnerable populations affected by the war and ongoing conflict.
And this support would not be possible without our generous donors and our many partners in Israel. As we take a moment during this time and pray for the victims and families affected by October 7, we continue working to heal the Holy Land.
“He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak” (Isaiah 40:29).
