As the war continues, our daily activities have changed with the needs of the people of Sderot. For the most part, the soldiers that were in Sderot have been relocated or released for the time being and more residents have returned home. Most of the businesses in town have reopened, although there are still a […]
161 Days After the Hamas Massacre in Sderot – The Scars Still Remain
About 60% of the population of Sderot have returned since the October 7th Hamas Massacre. There is quite a bit of anxiety among those who have returned and it increases with each and every “Tseva Adom” or “boom” we hear. Those who have not come back also have anxiety as the war drags on along […]
Day 100: Distributing Humanitarian Aid To Residents and Soldiers of Sderot
We had another relatively quiet week but not on the humanitarian aid front. We are still getting Kassams just about daily, but not many. The last big barrage came right as the clock struck midnight on 31 Dec. There were about 15 of them. The artillery fire continues but not like it was two weeks […]
Day 77 22 December 2023
People are coming back Home Some are coming back to their homes the way they left it, others are coming back to a damaged home Sderot’s residents are still coming back, but slowly. There are still a lot who are afraid to come back. They want assurances that Oct 7th will never happen again and […]
Day 61 December 7, 2023
As you all know, the seven days cease fire has ended and we are back to hearing “Tseva Adom, outgoing artillery fire, jets flying overhead, 50 caliber machine gun fire and Iron Dome intercepting incoming Kassams. Things on the streets are looking up a bit as the war drags on. In spite of […]
Day 51 26 Nov 2023
After fifty-one days of this war, it was a joy to be able to take my dog out for a walk without the thought of an imminent Kassam attack going through my mind. Today it was just the “normal”, if I can call it that, apprehension of being outside. The only time my heart skipped […]
Day 44 19 Nov 2023
Day 44 19 Nov 2023 Towards the beginning of the war, we wrote about a family of eleven and number twelve on its way. They squished all of them into a seven passenger SUV and left Sderot. They have spent the past forty-two days in a hotel room. There was no place for the kids, […]
Day 37 12 Nov 2023
Since our last update, we have been busy. We have reached out to 99 more people in need of food and other items like diapers, hygiene supplies, prescriptions, toys for kids and clothing for all ages. We delivered 150 hot meal this past Friday to families here in Sderot for Shabbat and made numerous trips […]
Day 30 6 Nov 2023
Day 30 5 Nov 2023 The artillery fire continues throughout the day and night and there has been a notable increase of jet fighter plane activity. We are starting to get reports of the death of IDF soldiers as they are beginning their ground attack. We continue to receive requests for help and we are […]
October News /War Update
Twenty-three days ago, the unimaginable happened in Sderot. The security fence was breeched. Innocent men, woman, children, babies and the elderly were slaughtered in cold blood. Hamas terrorists roamed the streets of Sderot and shot and killed everyone they saw. That wasn’t enough. They broke into houses, and at point blank range killed husbands in […]