IEF UPDATES
Israel Emergency Fund Allocation Report
The Greater Miami Jewish Federation has always been a strong supporter of collective action, including the allocation of resources through our JFNA national system. The majority of our Israel and Overseas allocation supports core funding of longtime, trusted overseas partners. A smaller percentage supports our partnership with the city of Yerucham in the Negev desert, women’s issues in Israel, the Ethiopian-Israeli community, emergency medical response, religious diversity, food insecurity, special needs in Israel, as well as other work in countries outside of Israel in the FSU and Latin America.
Federation has taken the same approach for the distribution of Israel Emergency Funds. We contribute our fair share to the efforts identified by the national Federation system and also fund initiatives that are important to our community. To help guide the process of allocating IEF dollars, an Israel Emergency Allocations Subcommittee has been charged with making funding recommendations for approval by the Israel and Overseas Committee and the Federation Board of Directors.
Since October 7, Yerucham has mobilized to take in hundreds of families displaced from the Gaza Envelope. With a number of army bases in the region, they are also caring for IDF active-duty and reserve soldiers. The Greater Miami Jewish Federation is providing direct allocations through the Israel Emergency Fund to the following initiatives:
Click here for details on Federation elective IEF allocations.
JFNA UPDATES
The Greater Miami Jewish Federation Israel Emergency Fund supports the work of our partners in Israel through the collective efforts of the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA). Below are the latest updates about our work.
Click here for details on JFNA's allocations thus far.
October 10, 2024 - October 7 War, Day 370
Join the Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues on Tuesday, October 15 at noon ET for a webinar on Israel’s Economic Resilience: Emergency Social Loans Reaching Arab-Owned Business. Speakers will include Matthew Salter, Director of Jewish Federations’ Israel Emergency Loan Fund, to discuss the impact of the Loan Fund on Israeli Arab-owned businesses. Register here
The North
- Israeli government and security figures believe that Hezbollah has been dealt a severe blow followingmulti-pronged intelligence and military strikes byIsrael. These attacks have included the successfulelimination of many of Hezbollah’s top leaders (suchas the group’s long-time head Hassan Nasrallah, andseveral of his replacements), a vast number oftargeted attacks on the terror organization’s arms andother supplies, as well as intelligence operationsagainst the group’s communications capabilities.
- The IDF says that it carried out over 110 airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon over the pastday, striking infrastructure above and below ground.
- In total, the IDF has made 10,900 air attacks against Hezbollah, killing 515 terrorists, including much of itssenior leadership, in the past year.
- Despite these substantial hits, Hezbollah remains a strong, functioning power and continues to attack Israel. It has launched 12,400 projectiles against theJewish state in the last year.
- Yesterday, an Israeli couple was killed in their home as a result of a rocket barrage on the city of Kiryat Shmona near the northern border. Debris from the20-rocket attack hit the home of the two 40-year-olds,as well as at least four other locations in the city. Rockets were also launched today towards the coastal region south of Haifa, including Zichron Yaakov and Caesarea. Other towns and cities such asTzfat (Safed), Metulla, and Rosh Pina haveexperienced daily rocket attacks.
- Yesterday, IDF Sgt. Maj. (res.) Ronny Ganizate was killed fighting Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.Ganizate, 36, of Givat Shmuel, was the 12th Israeli soldier killed in the ground offensive against Hezbollah since Israel launched an offensive on September 23 aimed at removing the terror group from southern Lebanon. He made Aliyah from Franceat 18 as a lone soldier and served for over 7 monthssince the war began. He was the father of threeyoung children.
- Also, yesterday, the IDF demolished a small Hezbollah tunnel that crossed into Israeli territory from Lebanon. The 60-foot-long tunnel had no exit in Israeli territory, and its path crossed the UN-recognized Blue Line.
Iran and its Proxies
- Reports suggest that Israel is preparing for a retaliatory strike against Iran following the Islamic Republic’s firing of more than 180 ballistic missilesagainst Israel just over a week ago. Yesterday, Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said that “Iran’s attack on Israel was deadly, but not accurate. Our retaliation will be deadly, accurate, and surprising.”
- In addition to Hezbollah in the north, numerous otherIranian proxies continue to target Israel. These include:
- Hamas whose remaining forces continue to fight Israeli troops in Gaza, as well as launch rockets against Israeli southern towns. Some 17,000 Hamas fighters have been killed (about half itsoriginal force) in the year since fighting began.During that time, it is believed that 90% of Hamasrockets have been destroyed, and 22 out of 24 of its fighting battalions have been dismantled.
- The Houthis Ongoing attempts by the rebel group in Yemen to fire missiles at Israel have twice led to substantial Israeli retaliation against strategic Yemeni sites. Some 180 missiles havebeen fired at Israel from Yemen since October 7,2023.
