ICEJ is on the Frontlines of Israel’s Battle for You!

Dear faithful friends and prayer partners

Israel is now locked in an intense war with Hamas and other Iranian-backed terror militias. Israeli President Isaac Herzog just described the massive assault by heavily armed terrorists against innocent civilians the worst pogrom against the Jewish people since the Holocaust. Israeli forces are hitting the Hamas strongholds in Gaza, even as key members of the international community warn Iran and Hizbullah in Lebanon not to get involved.

This current conflict is the most challenging time for Israel in more than a generation, especially given the complex layers added when you consider the 150 hostages being held in Gaza. It may take weeks for Israel to vanquish this threat, but we are confident the nation will emerge victorious.

Meantime, the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem is on the frontlines of this battle on your behalf by reaching out with emergency assistance across the nation, and especially to the shattered residents of the Israeli border communities.

Over recent days, the ICEJ aid team has been in contact with our long-time partners in the Land to assess the most urgent needs. We already have been able to supply food and water to IDF soldiers and first responders operating along the Gaza border. There is now a central distribution center set up in Jerusalem to make the task easier, and with your help we can have a real impact in bringing relief aid to the troops and civilian home-front in that critical region.

We also are involved in the mass evacuation efforts to take traumatized Israeli civilians from the worst-hit border communities and give them respites away from the fighting.

Kibbutz Be’eri was particularly devastated by the mass terror assault, as over 100 dead bodies have been discovered there since the terrorists were finally cleared out. The survivors are so shaken they are unable to organize funerals for their loved ones and have asked the government for help.

What makes this all so surreal is that the ICEJ brought over 600 Christians on a solidarity visit to this very kibbutz just two days before the Hamas invasion. While there, we dedicated the new “Christian Embassy Nature Park” and planted trees and tulips only 150 meters from the Gaza border to re-green burned parts of the Be’eri Forest. Yet this very spot is where scores of terrorists broke through the security fence and carried out the massacres at Kibbutz Be’eri and the nearby music festival close to Re’im. So, we feel a special obligation to help the stunned residents of Be’eri to recover and rebuild their lives.

Now is the time to stand with Israel! As Christians, we often say we “love” Israel, but the Church needs to turn that into real action as never before. We urgently need you to:

1) Pray for Israel. We are holding our Global Prayer Gathering every day at 4:00 PM (Israel time) until Israel wins the victory! Join us at https://shalom.icej.org/e/763263/ICEJGlobalPrayer/2sdrhxm/1434982725/h/3...

2) Stand up for Israel in your nation, either by voicing your support through the media, lobbying your government, or holding public rallies.

3) Donate to help us with the emergency relief and evacuation efforts. Besides the shaken residents of the Israeli border communities, there also are many new Jewish immigrants living in absorption centers in the western Negev who we are helping to move to safer parts of the country. ICEJ staff also will continue to distribute food, clothing and other relief aid to Israeli civilians and soldiers. In addition, we are rushing to place more life-saving bomb shelters to the Israeli towns and villages close to Gaza.

The ICEJ is on the frontlines of Israel’s battle on behalf of Christians everywhere! Make sure to do your part as well. Please give your best gift today at: give.icej.org/crisis

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Yours in Christ,
Dr. Jürgen Bühler
ICEJ President

ICEJ 處於以色列為您而戰的前線！

親愛的忠實朋友和禱告夥伴

以色列現在正陷入與哈馬斯和其他伊朗支持的恐怖民兵的激烈戰爭。以色列總統艾薩克·赫爾佐格剛剛描述了全副武裝的恐怖分子對無辜平民的大規模襲擊，這是自大屠殺以來對猶太人最嚴重的屠殺。 儘管國際社會主要成員警告伊朗和黎巴嫩真主黨不要介入，以色列軍隊仍在攻擊加薩的哈馬斯據點。

當前的這場衝突對以色列來說是一代人多以來最具挑戰性的時期，尤其是考慮到加薩走廊被扣押的 150 名人質，情況更加複雜。 以色列可能需要數週時間才能消除這一威脅，但我們相信該國將取得勝利。

同時，耶路撒冷國際基督徒大使館代表您們站在這場戰鬥的前線，向全國各地，特別是以色列邊境社區的破碎居民提供緊急援助。

最近幾天，ICEJ 援助團隊一直在與我們在這片土地上的長期合作夥伴保持聯繫，以評估最迫切的需求。 我們已經能夠向在加薩邊境執行任務的以色列國防軍士兵和急救人員提供食物和水。 現在在耶路撒冷設立了一個中央配送中心，使任務變得更加容易，在您的幫助下，我們可以在為該關鍵地區的部隊和平民後方提供救援援助方面產生真正的影響。

我們也參與大規模疏散工作，從受災最嚴重的邊境社區撤離遭受創傷的以色列平民，讓他們暫時遠離戰鬥。

貝埃里基布茲 (Kibbutz Be’eri) 因大規模恐怖攻擊而遭受重創，自恐怖分子最終被清除以來，那裡已發現 100 多具屍體。生還者非常震驚，無法為親人組織葬禮，並向政府尋求幫助。

讓這一切變得如此超現實的是，就在哈馬斯入侵前兩天，ICEJ 帶著 600 多名基督徒來到這個基布茲進行聲援訪問。 在那裡，我們奉獻了新的“基督徒大使館自然公園”，並在距離加薩邊境僅 150 公尺的地方種植了樹木和鬱金香，以重新綠化貝埃里森林燒毀的部分。 然而，正是在這個地方，數十名恐怖分子衝破了安全圍欄，對貝埃里基布茲和雷伊姆附近的音樂節進行了屠殺。 因此，我們感到有特殊的義務來幫助貝埃里的居民恢復和重建他們的生活。

現在是與以色列站在一起的時候了！ 作為基督徒，我們經常說我們「愛」以色列，但教會需要將其轉化為前所未有的實際行動。 我們迫切需要您：

1）為以色列禱告。 我們每天下午 4:00（以色列時間）舉行全球禱告聚會，直到以色列取得勝利！ 加入我們 https://shalom.icej.org/e/763263/ICEJGlobalPrayer/2sdrhxm/1434982725/h/3...

2) 在您的國家支持以色列，可以透過媒體表達您的支持，遊說您的政府，或舉行公開集會。

3）捐款幫助我們進行緊急救援和疏散工作。 除了以色列邊境社區受到驚嚇的居民外，還有許多新的猶太移民居住在內蓋夫西部的吸收中心，我們正在幫助他們遷移到該國更安全的地區。 ICEJ 工作人員也將繼續向以色列平民和士兵分發食品、衣物和其他救援物資。 此外，我們正加緊在加薩附近的以色列城鎮和村莊安置更多救生防空洞。

ICEJ 代表世界各地的基督徒站在以色列戰鬥的前線！ 確保也盡自己的一份心力。今天請奉獻您最好的禮物：give.icej.org/crisis

您在基督裡，
布勒博士
ICEJ總裁