an indescribable terrorist attack by Hamas began on 7 October 2023. There are countless Israeli victims. Israeli civilians - men and women and also small children and babies as well as soldiers have been taken hostage by the terrorists into Gaza.
Countless people are injured and need treatment, while rockets continue to be fired at Israel. The number of victims is increasing by the hour, as about 200 corpses have been discovered around a music festival in the South of Israel- all young people who were at the Peace music festival. It is terrible and we are all shocked.
How can we help? We need to support our brothers and sisters in Israel financially. That is why I ask for your donation.
We are collecting donations again through the B'nai B'rith Frankfurt Schönstädt Loge e. V. for the Barzilei Medical Centre in the south of the country, which was hit by rockets but still has to continue to function and treat victims and to organizations on the ground that are taking care of the victims of this war - including the families of the victims. With us, donations are passed on 1:1 without deductions.
We are copying a text message into this mail which was sent to us by a friend who lives in Israel. There is nothing to add to these words.
„We woke up this morning after going to sleep at 1am"
It is hard to write when the figures are on the screen constantly updated of the 2000 plus injured and 700 dead which will increase when we get to every home of the 21 settlements around Gaza.
The photos coming out slowly and some will never be released due to the horrific nature of the massacre that was carried out by over 1000 Hamas monsters just like the killing fields of Cambodia. The bodies of 240 young people at the event near kibbutz reiim is something you don’t want to see- bodies some mutilated - strewn everywhere like poached animals.
This is the enemy we are facing who has no mercy no shame but intent on one thing - to kill Jews. We have to say this for people to understand what has happening here. This is our war of independence of 2023.
The Hamas terrorists had aerial photos in their pockets of every settlement and circles around the kindergartens, the dining rooms, public buildings. They knew where to attack where there would be no resistance against women, children, elderly. It is unforgivable lining up children and their parents at Netiv Asara along wall of their house and shooting them on the spot.
Stories of bravery are coming out of parents rushing out in pyjamas with a gun or a knife in their hands to take on armed terrorists. We will eliminate every one of those terrorists still on our land, seal the border and turn our full attention to hit Hamas in Gaza.
The issue of the kidnappings is so tragic and heartbreaking with parents and families who still don’t know the fate of their loved ones - wives, grandparents, babies, toddlers taken as hostages and the numbers are between 100-150 - un fathomable numbers - innocent civilians and these evil Hamas terrorists won’t release any information.
But we will not be deterred. Questions as to how all this happened we leave till the end of the war. We will exact a heavy price from Hamas - and unfortunately the ordinary person in Gaza will be caught up in this war but the blame is squarely on the heads of their leaders not on us.
I thank everyone of you for your messages of support as this gives the strength to carry on.
Do what you can to explain the truth to your communities and governments. We are not going anywhere and we will win this war as we are united as a people and a nation“
With kind regards
In W. B. und E.
Ralph Hofmann, Präsident
