Israelis ante up ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Viral awareness campaign gains support from celebrities and politicians in Israel.
Viral awareness campaign gains support from celebrities and politicians in Israel.
Since the start of Operation Protective Edge, Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva has treated 1,116 casualties — 740 soldiers, 376 civilians.
Tzvika Bitan is traveling around the Gaza border offering hot showers to soldiers covered in weeks’ worth of sand, dust and sweat.
‘This community of people is part of the healing,’ says coordinator of a drive to find foster families for lone soldiers in recuperation after combat injuries.
‘We saw children from all ethnicities, Jews, Bedouins, Moslems, we gave something to everyone. A child is a child, and everyone was happy.’
Socks, underpants, pizzas, and snacks – Israelis launch impromptu crowdfunding and benefit drives for IDF soldiers and citizens on the frontlines.
Sharpshooter Max Steinberg was one of two American-Israeli soldiers to voluntarily serve in the IDF and die in Gaza during Operation Protective Edge.
More than 20,000 people turned out in Haifa for the funeral of a lone soldier after relatives said they were worried his funeral would be empty.
Soccer fans answered a social media call to ensure that lone soldier Nissim Sean Carmeli would receive an honorable burial.
The makeshift facility will treat mainly women, children and the elderly hurt during the current war in Gaza.
18-year-old Muslim teen, named for Israel’s prime minister, granted Israeli citizenship.
Doctors restore eyesight to four patients; Head of security in Cebu names his daughter after IDF Military Attaché to the Philippines.
IDF aid mission treats 952 patients at field hospital on its fourth day of operation.
NBC news correspondent Dr. Nancy Snyderman ‘in awe’ of Israeli medics in Philippines.
IDF, Foreign Ministry, Israeli and Jewish humanitarian organizations send aid to the Philippines, set up field hospitals