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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/13/world/middleeast/israel-volunteer-unity.html
Israelis Rush to Volunteer after Hamas Attacks
(New York Times) Isabel Kershner - In the wake of the Hamas terrorist attacks Saturday that left 1,300 dead, Israel's citizens are pouring their anxious energy into raising funds and collecting goods for those in need: soldiers; survivors of the atrocities; hospitals treating the thousands of wounded; and people whose loved ones were killed, are still missing or are being held hostage in Gaza. Thousands of grass-roots initiatives have sprung up across the country, many organized on social media. Mothers were donating breast milk for orphaned infants. Dozens of florists and event designers are making hundreds of funeral wreaths and bouquets for hospitals. Large nurseries have been donating the flowers. With many weddings canceled, a Jerusalem wedding hall was turning out thousands of meals a day for soldiers. Hadas Duchan, 34, an artist whose two brothers are among the reservists recently mobilized, spent Wednesday distributing food and medicine to families in Ofakim, that was infiltrated by the gunmen. "I don't know anyone who doesn't know someone who was there and who was hurt or killed or kidnapped," she said.