Just over a week after six Israeli hostages, including a 23-year-old Israeli-American, were found dead in a tunnel complex under Gaza, Israel launched airstrikes on military targets in central Syria late Sunday, reportedly killing at least 14 people. Reports suggest Israel targeted an Iranian “chemical weapons research center” near the Syrian city of Masyaf.
It’s the latest development in Israel’s war on Iran-backed terror groups — a conflict that threatens to spill into more Middle East countries where terrorists are based.
“Hamas terrorists are using hostages as a psychological weapon to play on people’s emotions and tear Israelis apart,” said Joel Chernoff, founder of Israel-headquartered humanitarian aid agency Joseph Project International (JPI, www.josephproject.org).
Joseph Project International has provided aid to some family members of Israeli victims of last October’s deadliest-ever terror attack on Israel.
“The war is having a devastating effect on Israel’s economy, with one-in-3 Israeli children now living in poverty,” Chernoff said. “Israel is at a critical point, and the Israeli people desperately need our help.”
Largest Importer of Humanitarian Aid in Israel
Headquartered in Israel, Joseph Project International is Israel’s leading importer of humanitarian aid, with over $170 million in aid distributed in the past two decades. JPI distributes food, clothing, blankets, medical supplies and more — directly to the neediest Israeli families, as well as orphanages, hospitals and rehab centers across Israel, helping both Jews and Arabs. Since the war began last October, Joseph Project International has distributed more than $19 million worth of aid. The organization was founded by the Messianic Jewish Alliance of America (MJAA, www.mjaa.org).
MEDIA: To arrange a video or phone interview with Joseph Project International’s executive director Joel Chernoff in the U.S. or Suzie Salway in Israel, contact:
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