Samaritan’s Purse is donating 21 ambulances to Israel’s emergency providers system along with the humanitarian work it has been doing in Israel and Gaza for the reason that Oct. 7 terrorist assaults.
Rev. Franklin Graham, president and CEO of each Samaritan’s Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Affiliation, introduced the dedication to donate 21 ambulances throughout a go to to Kibbutz Be’eri on Tuesday, November 14.
About 100 residents of the kibbutz, positioned close to Gaza, had been killed in final month’s assaults.
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Beforehand, Samaritan’s Purse had pledged to donate 14 ambulances to Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s nationwide medical emergency, catastrophe, ambulance and blood service. These 14 automobiles are to switch those destroyed within the October terrorist assaults, stated a press launch from Samaritan’s Purse.
The choice to donate a further seven armored ambulances got here after Graham visited the kibbutz, stated the discharge. (SEE the video on the prime of this text.)
Stated Rev. Graham in feedback shared with Fox Information Digital about his go to in Israel, “It was a privilege to satisfy and pray with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.”
Rev. Franklin Graham was moved to donate a further seven ambulances to Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency providers after he visited Kibbutz Be’eri, which Hamas attacked on Oct. 7. (Samaritan’s Purse)
He added, “This man wants our prayers. He’s dealing with probably the most attempting time for the reason that delivery of their nation with 1,200 folks killed, greater than 240 males, ladies and kids taken as hostages, and lots of injured within the Hamas assault.”
Graham additionally stated, “As I spoke with a lady whose husband was taken hostage, the concern and heartache [she’s experiencing] is overwhelming. Pray for these hostages and their households, pray for Prime Minister Netanyahu, and pray for the peace of Jerusalem.”
In the course of the go to, Graham noticed the bullet-riddled properties and discovered that a number of MDA medics had been killed within the assaults, together with one who was shot in an ambulance.
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Samaritan’s Purse will even donate trauma provide kits to Israel’s MDA.
These kits will embrace a “fight utility tourniquet,” in addition to kits for sutures, chest tubes and intubation.
“Harmless households are struggling in Israel and Gaza on account of the warfare, and lots of lives have been misplaced as a result of they haven’t been in a position to attain medical care quick sufficient, particularly after the terrorists disabled MDA ambulances stationed within the communities and focused different ambulances arriving to assist,” stated Graham within the press launch.
Rev. Graham (left) met and prayed with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (proper) on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, in Israel. (Samaritan’s Purse)
“That is why we’re dedicated to changing ambulances that Hamas destroyed and sending trauma kits,” he stated.
The trauma kits will probably be despatched to MDA first responders positioned in areas at excessive danger of struggling rocket assaults, stated Samaritan’s Purse.
“We’re deeply grateful to Franklin Graham and Samaritan’s Purse,” stated Eli Bin, director-general of Magen David Adom.
“The dedication from Samaritan’s Purse replaces ambulances we misplaced throughout the opening assaults of the warfare and places further ambulances in our fleet as a part of our objective for including 600 new ambulances this 12 months,” Bin added.
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The armored ambulances will probably be particularly useful to guard EMTs, stated Bin.
Medical staff had been being focused by Hamas, in violation of the Geneva Conference, he stated.
Samaritan’s Purse instantly mobilized on the bottom in Israel and Gaza after the Oct. 7 terror assaults, offering meals and different support. (Samaritan’s Purse)
Since its 1970 founding, “Samaritan’s Purse has helped meet wants of people who find themselves victims of warfare, poverty, pure disasters, illness and famine with the aim of sharing God’s love by way of His Son, Jesus Christ,” the group’s web site notes.
Samaritan’s Purse has been working with greater than 50 Christian church buildings in each Israel and Gaza, offering meals, meals vouchers, hygiene kits, and sizzling meals for individuals who have been displaced by the continuing battle.
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Since Oct. 7, Samaritan’s Purse has distributed almost 6,000 meals vouchers, 300 meals packing containers, and three,800 sizzling meals, the group instructed Fox Information Digital.
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The group additionally offered medical provides to look and rescue groups within the wake of the assaults.
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