Donations from U.S. evangelical Christians to a Jewish charity are serving to fund assist to victims of Hamas’ terrorist assault on southern Israel this weekend.

The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, headquartered in Chicago, has dedicated $5 million in “immediate needs relief” and is evaluating additional wants amid the battle, a spokeswoman stated.

The charity group on Sunday moved orphans from the southern Israeli metropolis of Ashkelon, close to the Gaza border, to a different orphanage in central Israel, the spokeswoman stated. The group had evacuated the orphans final 12 months from Zhytomyr, Ukraine.

The group has established an emergency response middle within the metropolis of Ramla in central Israel, the place households can work with authorities to seek for lacking family. It has supplied flak jackets, flashlights and different gadgets to municipalities and first responders whereas helping evacuees from the area.

Yael Eckstein, president and CEO of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, stated his group started planning humanitarian assist within the hours following the outbreak of hostilities on Saturday.

While a lot of the hassle is concentrated on the south of Israel, the group is also watching Israel’s northern border, the place Hezbollah militants have launched assaults.

“Right now, we are looking at what will happen in the north, as Hezbollah engages with artillery and rocket fire with Israel forces. How much this will escalate could magnify the crisis to an even greater degree,” Ms. Eckstein stated in an announcement.

The group stated it's supplying “more bomb shelters, ambulances, and additional food and medicine for bomb shelters” within the north of Israel.

The group additionally stated it distributed lots of of scorching meals to troopers alongside the northern border, in affiliation with the Beit Batya soup kitchen. A fortified car just lately donated by the fellowship was used within the deliveries.

In a associated growth, a number of assist organizations reported shortages of meals for army personnel.

Israeli charity Yad Ezra V’Shulamit reported receiving phone “calls from soldiers asking to send food and drink immediately.”

According to the meals aid charity, one soldier texted: “I was called out for army service on [Sabbath]. I came here last night only to find that there are no provisions — nothing. The Army was caught off guard by this invasion and is totally unprepared for us. Thousands of us called up for battle with no food or drink. Please send whatever you can.”

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