Israel at War – An Emergency Update from the Holy Land
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As the sun rose on Shabbat in the Holy Land, and as the Jewish people prepared to celebrate the biblical holiday of Simchat Torah, the unthinkable happened. Hamas, the terrorist rulers in neighboring Gaza, carried out an unprecedented attack on Israel.More than 1,000 Israelis were murdered. More than 2,000 injured. And more than 100 innocent people—children, grandmothers, families—were taken hostage by these terrorists.Host Yael Eckstein, President and CEO of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jew, comes to us live from a Holy Land still reeling, still grieving, and now at war, with an online town hall she shared with Bishop Paul Lanier, The Fellowship’s Chairman of the Board.Yael shares with us the situation on the ground in Israel, how this attack has affected God’s people, and how The Fellowship is on the ground, providing basic needs like food and medicine to those who have lost everything and security essentials for first responders and the brave men and women defending Israel.
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