Gaza border towns honor Christian group for support in face of terror
A special ceremony honoring the pro-Israel Christian organization was
held in Kibbutz Magen, hosted by Mayor Gadi Yarkoni and the Eshkol
Regional Council.
By Tamara Zieve
Israeli communities near the border with Gaza expressed gratitude on
Tuesday to the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) for
providing support and assistance to residents who endured fires sparked
by incendiary kites and balloons on an almost daily basis since March.
The fires have caused serious damage and have destroyed thousands of
acres fields and orchards in the area.Southern residents withstood
another summer of rockets as the conflict between Hamas and Israel
intensified.The ICEJ responded by donating 17 all-terrain fire-fighting
trailers and seven portable, steel bomb shelters, all in cooperation
with their local NGO partner Operation Lifeshield.
A special ceremony honoring the pro-Israel Christian organization was
held in Kibbutz Magen, hosted by Mayor Gadi Yarkoni and the Eshkol
Regional Council. The ceremony followed the dedication of a bomb shelter
at a youth sports club in Kibbutz Magen, which was donated by the
ICEJ-Swiss branch.
The delegation, headed by ICEJ president Dr. Juergen Buehler, visited an
IDF observation post overlooking Gaza near Kissufim, where delegates
received a security briefing from the Eshkol Region’s chief security
officer, Elan Isaacson, and saw a demonstration of the new fire-fighting
trailers.
“These bomb shelters and fire-fighting equipment are not only about
protecting the safety of our people and livelihoods,” said Yarkoni.
“They are also about our emotional security. We are so grateful to the
ICEJ for helping us in our hour of need this summer.“It is a core
mission of the Christian Embassy to be there for Israelis whenever you
face crises and challenges,” said Dr. Buehler. “We know our assistance
helps ensure that as you send your children to school and to sports club
every day, you do so with the peace of mind that they will be safe. And
we so much admire the steadfastness of the residents of this region and
how you have stayed strong throughout the years of rocket barrages and
now arson attacks.”
The new all-terrain fire-fighting trailers can be used to reach off-road
areas inaccessible to regular firetrucks, aiding firefighters to put
out blazes deep in the fields and orchards of the Eshkol Region. Eleven
trailers were donated by Kenneth Copeland Ministries and Eagle Mountain
International Church, and the other six by ICEJ branches in the US,
Canada, Finland, Germany, and several other nations.
Six of the new mobile bomb shelters were provided by ICEJ-Switzerland
through donations made by the Rudolf & Helga Frei family.
The fire-fighting trailers cost $15,500 each, and the bomb shelters are
$25,000 each, for a total donation of $438,500 over recent months.
The ICEJ has now donated 70 mobile bomb shelters to the Gaza periphery
communities over the past 12 years through Operation Lifeshield, which
is directed by Rabbi Shmuel Bowman.
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