BAR • COL. (RES.) LION BAR • ILAY BAR AM • STAFF SGT. NETA BAR AM • YUVAL BAR ON • MAJ. MOSHE AVRAM BAR ON • SGT. ILAY BAR SADEH • YORAM BAR SINAI • SGT.
TAMIR BARAK • STAFF SGT. TOMER BARAK • SGT. MAJ. (RES.) AVIV BARAM • NOA BARANES • NIR BARANES • STAFF SGT. SHALEV BARANES • STAV BARAZANI • STAFF SGT. DVIR

BARAZANI • LIRON BARDA • STAFF SGT. ROY BAREKET • GABRIEL YISHAI BAREL • ADAM BARIMA • STAFF SGT. URI BAR-OR • NADAV BARTA • TAL BARTIK (KLEIN) • SAHAR BARUCH
• URIEL BARUCH • CAPTAIN IDO BARUCH • CPL. EDAN BARUKH • SGT. OSHER SIMHA BARZILAY • COL. ITZHAK BEN BASAT • STAFF SGT. OREL BASHAN • ZAHER BASHARA • BERTA

BASTAIN SHEMAYEV • SGT. 1ST. CLASS ITAY YEHUDAH BAUSI • SGT. 1ST CLASS URIJA BAYER • SGT. GUY BAZAK • MAJ. GAL BECHER • ORON BEILIN • ZINAIDA BEILIN • SAGIV
BEILIN BEN ZVI • CPT. ROY BEIT YAAKOV • CORPORAL NIK BEIZER • STAFF SGT. BENYAMIN BELAY • STAFF SGT. NARYA BELETE • MASTER SGT. (RES.) OMRI BELKIN • HEN BEN •

AMIT BEN ABEDIRA • HAVA BEN AMI • SHANI BEN AMI • SGT. 1ST CLASS (RES) EFRAIM BEN AMRAM • HANA BEN ARTZI • ORTAL BOBETS BEN AYUN • CAPT. YOTAM BEN BASSAT
• MAYA BEN DAVID • MAJ. (RES.) AMISHAR BEN DAVID • STAFF SGT. NERIA BEN DAVID • STAFF SGT. BARAK BEN DAVID • STAFF SGT. MICHAEL BEN HAMO • MASTER SGT. (RES.)

DANIEL YACOV BEN HAROSH • DAN BEN HEMP • RIVKA BEN HORIN • MICHAEL BEN MOSHE • MAJ. ARIEL BEN MOSHE • SGT. ILAY NOAM BEN MUHA • SHAHAR BEN NAIM •
CAPTAIN SHLOMO BEN NUN • LIEUTENANT SHAHAR BEN NUN • MOSHE BEN PORAT • STAFF SGT. ELISAF BEN PORAT • EDEN BEN RUBI • DANIEL BEN SENIOR • MASTER SGT.

(RES.) OMRI BEN SHACHAR • STAFF SGT. SHIMON ALROY BEN SHITRIT • PETTY OFFICER 1ST CLASS DAVID MOSHE BEN SHITRIT • SERGEANT MAJOR (RES.) MORDECHAI YOSEF
BEN SHOAM • LT. ADAR BEN SIMON • AMITAI BEN TZVI • SGT. MAJ. (RES.) BARAK HAIM BEN VALID • SGT. MAJ. (RES.) LIOR BEN YAAKOV • STAFF SGT. YAAD BEN YACOV • STAFF

SGT. YOVAL BEN YAKOV • GILAD BEN YEHUDA • YUVAL BEN YEHUDA • STAFF SGT. ITAMAR BEN YEHUDA • YOHAI BEN ZECHARIA • IDO BEN ZINO • HAIM BENAIM • STAFF-SGT.
SHOAM MOSHE BEN-HARUSH • STAFF SGT. OMER SARAH BENJO • CAPT. (RES.) ARNON MOSHE AVRAHAM BENVENISTI VASPI • HADAR BERDICHEVSKY • ITAI BERDICHEVSKY •

NURIT BERGER • SGT. 1ST CLASS (RES.) NICHOLAS BERGER • SGT. MAJ. (RES.) SHAHAF BERGSTEN • MASTER SGT. (RES.) EYAL MEIR BERKOWITZ • BEN BERNSTEIN • ELIYAHU
YA’AKOV BERNSTEIN • SGT. REEM MEIR BETITO • AMNON BETZALEL • STAFF SGT. DANIEL BEZGODOV • CAPTAIN (RES.) ROEY BIBER • MAJ. ORIEL BIBI • ARIEL BILIA • SAPIR BILMAS

• SGT. IDO BINENSHTOCK • RON BINYAMIN • CAPT. (RES.) NIR BINYAMIN • ORON BIRA • TAHEL BIRA • TAIR BIRA • TAL BIRA • YASMIN BIRA • YURI BIRNBAUM • SGT. MAJ. (RES.)
ADAM BISMUT • SGT. 1ST CLASS(RES.) OMER NISSIM BITAN • STAFF SGT. NADAV BITON • BNAYAHU BITON • MAYA BITON • MORDEHAI BEN ARIEL BITON • MASTER SGT. (RES.)

YAKIR BITON • SGT. SHIR BITON • SGT. MAJ. (RES.) SHAY BITON HAYUN • STAFF SGT. NOAM BITTAN • SGT. 1ST CLASS (RES.) GAVRIEL BLOOM • EDNA BLUESTEIN • STAFF SGT. OR
BLUMOVITZ • NETA BOAZIZ MORELLI • STAFF SGT. DAVID BOGDANOVSKYI • STAFF SGT. GILAD ARYE BOIM • CAROLINE BOL • DORON BOLDAS • SOPHIA BONGART • CPL. NAAMA

BONNY • STAFF SGT. AMIT BONZEL • LIAM BOR GALON • STAFF SGT. (RES.) ADI ODEYA BORECH • PETRO BOSKO • MAJ. CHEN BOUCHRIS • WARRANT OFFICER (RES.) GIL BOWOM
• COMMAND SGT. MAJ. HADAS BRANCH • MASTER-SGT. (RES.) YEHONATAN YOSEF BRAND • SGT. 1ST CLASS (RES.) OR BRANDES • ROMI BRANDT ELIYAHU • CH. INSP. ARIK BEN

ELIYAHU • DANIEL BRASLEVSKI • SHIRAZ BRODASH • SGT. KIRIL BRODSKI • STAFF SGT. KIRIL BRODSKI • MAJ. (RES.) ROMAN BRONSHTEIN • MAJ. BEN BRONSHTEIN • SHOSHANA
BROSH • STAFF SGT. JOSEF ITAMAR BRUCHIM • YAGEV BUCHSHTAB • SGT. LAVI BUHNIK • RAZ BUKOBZA • AMIT BUSKILA • YARDEN BUSKILA • STAFF SGT. ITAY BUTON • CAPT.

OSHRI MOSHE BUTZHAK • INBAR BUYUM • YUVAL BUYUM • GRACIE CABRERA • GALIT CARBONE • PAUL VINCENT CASTELVI • YULIA CHABAN • ISRAEL CHANA • MAJ. ROEY
CHAPELL • JAROON CHATDUMDEE • ASHISH CHAUDHARY • CHIEF SGT. 1ST CLASS GIDEON CHAY DEROWE • SGT. 1ST. CLASS JONATHAN CHAZOR • SGT. OSHER CHEMAYA • SGT.

DANIEL CHEMU • SGT. 1ST CLASS (RES.) ZIV CHEN • SGT. MAJ. (RES.) REOUVEN CHICHEPORTICHE • LIEUTENANT YARON ELIEZER CHITIZ • ELIYAHU CHURCHILL MARGALIT • CAPT.
SHILO COHEN • AMIT COHEN • AMIT HAIM COHEN • BERNARD COHEN • BINYAMIN COHEN • DANIEL ASHER COHEN • DANIELLE COHEN • MILA COHEN • MOR COHEN • OHAD

COHEN • PESSIA (PESSI) COHEN • YONA COHEN • SGT. ILAN COHEN • STAFF SGT. NADAV COHEN • MAJ. (RES.) YAIR COHEN • MASTER SGT. 1ST CLASS (RES.) URIEL COHEN • MAJ.
(RES.) EVYATAR COHEN • MASTER SGT. (RES.) ILAY ELIYAHU COHEN • MAJ. YEHUDA NATAN COHEN • CAPT. SHILO COHEN • SGT. MAJ. (RES.) AVIAD GAD COHEN • CPL. HADAR

MIRIAM COHEN • SGT. ITAMAR COHEN • STAFF SGT. AVRAHAM NERYA COHEN • MAJ. TAL COHEN • CAPT. ETAI COHEN • SGT. DANIT COHEN • SGT. 1ST CLASS OHAD COHEN • LIBI
COHEN MAGURI • AMIRAM COOPER • YITZHAK COZIN • WARRANT OFFICER ZIV DADO • AVI DADON • STAFF SGT. SHALEV DAGAN • STAFF SGT. SUFIAN DAGASH • YITZHAK ITZIK

DAHAN • SGT. SHAKED DAHAN • DAN DAMARI • MASTER SGT. (RES.) MATAN DAMARI • KIM DAMTI • CARMELLA DAN • NOYA DAN • ADI DANAN • STAFF-SGT. ADI DANAN • ALEX
DANCYG • GAL DANGURI • SGT. OZ DANIEL • MASTER SGT. (RES.) GIL DANIELS • STAFF SGT. DANIEL MOSHE DANINO • MASTER SERGEANT ORI DANINO • RINA DANIV • LYNN

DAPHNE • AWAD DARAWSHE • DANIEL DARLINGTON • SGT. ACHIA DASKAL • SGT. YOSEF DASSA • AMIT YITZHAK DAVID • HODAYA DAVID • CAPT. OMRI YOSEF DAVID • BARAK
DAVIDI • CPL. OFIR DAVIDIYAN • KARINA DAVIDOV • SHLOMI DAVIDOVITCH • TAIR DAVIS • STAFF-SGT. ROEI DAWI • SGT. MAJ. (RES.) JONATHAN DAVID DEITCH • SGT. NAHMAN

DEKEL • NATALIA DEMIDOVA • SGT. 1ST CLASS (RES.) SAADIA YAAKOV DERY • YEHONATAN DEUTSCH • SHON DEUTSHVILI • NAOMI DGANI • LIVIA DICKMAN • MASTER SGT.
DAVID (DUDI) DIGMI • CHERKPAN DIOTAISONG • STAFF SGT. EYTAN DISHON • RONEN DITCHMAN • MOHAMED DIV ALKARAN • MASTER SGT. (RES.) TOMER DOLEV • IDAN DOR •

MASTER SGT. (RES.) JOSEPH AVNER DORAN • YUVAL DORON KASTLEMAN • FIRST SERGEANT NOAM DOUEK • STAFF SGT. HANAN DRORI • LT. YOHAI DUKHAN • STAFF SGT. BORIS
DUNAVETSKI • STAFF SGT. ROTEM DUSHI • GIORA DUVDEVANI • SGT. MAJ. (RES.) KOBI DVASH • MATAN ECKSTEIN • ASSAF MORDECHAI EDBERG • STAFF SGT. HAIM MEIR EDEN

• IDAN EDRI • LT. (RES.) IDO EDRI • NOAM LIEL EFRAIM • YARIN MOSHE EFRAIM • HAGAI EFRAT • CAPT. (RES.) RON EFRIMI • CAPT. SHIR EILAT • SGT. MAJ. (RES.) TAL EILON •
SGT. MAOR COHEN EISENKOT • MASTER SGT. (RES.) GAL MEIR EISENKOT • LT. NETHANEL MENACHEM EITAN • SGT. MAJ. MHAMAD EL ATRASH • CPL. YONATAN ELAZARI • ABED

ELCARIM EL-NASASRA • SGT. 1ST CLASS ADI ELDOR • OREN ELFASI • SHLOMO ELFASI • LIZ ELHARAR HALFON • LT. YAACOV ELIAN • SGT. YEHONATAN ELIAS • STAFF SGT. ROY
ELIAS • TOMER ELIAZ ARAVA • SHAI SHALOM ELIOR MUTZAFI • AVIV ELIYAHU • YEHONATAN ELIYAHU • SGT. 1ST CLASS(RES.) YEDIDYA ELIYAHU • SGT. ARIEL ELIYAHU • EINAV

ELKAYAM LEVY • LT. COL. (RES.) NETANEL YAACOV ELKOUBY • SGT. 1ST. CLASS (RES.) ELIAHOU BENJAMIN ELMAKAYES • MATAN ELMALIACH • SHLOMO ELIYAHU ELSHEIKH •
NOAM ELYAKIM • STAFF SERGEANT ELIYAHAU HAIM EMSALLEM • RONEN ENGEL • NOA ENGLANDER • BILHAH EPSTEIN • NETA EPSTEIN • MAJ. (RES.) OFIR EREZ • SGT. ARIEL EREZ

• STAFF SGT. OR ESATU • MASTER SGT. NAARAN ESHCHAR • SGT. RONI ESHEL • STAFF SGT. ADIR ESHTO BOGALE • JOHN ESSELNOV • ALON EVEN • HEN EVEN • IDO EVEN • RINAT
EVEN • SGT. AMITAI EVEN SHOSHAN • SGT. AMIR EYAL • OZ MOSHE EZRA • RAFAEL FAHIMI • ALMA AYMAN FAKHER ELDIN • NATHEM FAKHER SAEB • ALINA FALHATI • NOA

FARAGE • SGT. MAJ. AHARON FARASH • MASTER SGT.(RES.) NADAV ISSACHAR FARHI • GIDEON FAUKER • ASSAF FEBER • STAFF SGT. ALEMNEW EMANUEL FELEKE • CLEMENCE
FELIX MATENGA • MASTER SGT. 1ST CLASS (RES.) MAOZ FENIGSTEIN • CORPORAL AVRAHAM FETENA • MASTER SGT. TAL FILIBA • MAJ. DVIR DAVID FIMA • ELAD FINGERHUT •

SGT. MAJ. (RES.) ILAN FIORENTINO • STAFF SGT. OMRI NIV FIRSHTEIN • CAPT. EITAN FISCH • TCHELET FISHBEIN ZA’ARUR • BEN FISHMAN • STAFF SGT. YISHAY FITUSI • SINDI
FLASH • YIGAL FLASH • CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER (RES.) AVRAHAM FLEISHER • SGT. 1ST CLASS(RES.) YINON FLEISHMAN • STAFF SGT. BRANDO DAVID FLORES GARCIA • MAYA

FODER • NIR FORTI • CAPT. KFIR ITZHAK FRANCO • VALERY FREIDMAN • ZIV FRENKEL • DR. MARCELLE FREULICH • STAFF SGT. SHACHAR FRIDMAN • STAFF SERGEANT AMIT
FRIEDMAN • YONA FRIKER • SAMER FUAD EL-TALALKA • RAJAN FULARA • AMIT GABAI • MOR GABAI • SHANI GABAI • SGT. MAJ. (RES.) ELIRAZ GABAI • MASTER SGT. (RES.) YUVAL

GABAY • CAPT. YARIN GAHALI • SHALEV GAL • SGT. 1ST CLASS (RES.) MICHAEL GAL • MAJ. (RES.) ITAY GALEA • STAFF SGT. AMIR GALILOVE • DANIEL GALTMAN • STAFF SGT. ILAY
GAMZU • ISABELLA GANDIN • SHIRAN GANON • AVIA GANOT • LT. ADIR GAORY • SGT. MAJ. ILAY DAVID GARFINKEL • SGT. 1ST CLASS (RES.) CYDRICK GARIN • CARMEL GAT •

KINERET GAT • SERGEANT 1ST CLASS ADAR GAVRIEL • CAPT. YAHEL GAZIT • ITZHAK GELERNTER • SEFI YOSSEF GENNIS • BENNY GENNISH • SHIR HANNA GEORGIE • STAFF SGT.
ORI GERBY • LIEL GERFI • SHENHAV YA’AKOV GERFI • SHOHAM YA’AKOV GERFI • SGT. 1ST CLASS MEIRON MOSHE GERSCH • SGT. 1ST CLASS (RES.) MAOR GERSHONI • ISHAY

GERTNER • STAV CORAL GETE • SGT. 1ST CLASS (RES.) YEHUDA GETO • EDEN GEZ • SGT. LAVI GHASI • STAFF SGT. VALENTIN ELIE GHNASSIA • LILIA GILLER • YAROSLAV GILLER •
SHAHAR GINDI • LT. COL. ELI GINSBERG • SERGEANT OMER GINZBURG • SGT. IRA YAIR GISPAN • SGT. 1ST CLASS JOSEPH GITARTS • MASTER SERGEANT (RES.) YOHAY HAY GLAM

• NOA GLASBERG • STAFF SGT. YAM GLASS • STAFF SGT. ITAI OFEK GLISKO • AYELET GODDARD • MANNY GODDARD • TOM GODOT • MAJ. SAGI GOLAN • STAFF SGT. YONATAN
GOLAN • HERSH GOLDBERG-POLIN • NITZAN GOLDENBERG • TAMAR GOLDENBERG • MASTER SGT (RES) OREN GOLDIN • OREN GOLDING • NADAV GOLDSTEIN • STAFF SGT. YAM

ALMOG GOLDSTEIN • SGT. MAJ. (RES.) SERGEY GONTMAHERR • SHARON GORADNY • MASTER SGT. (RES.) NAFTALI YONAH GORDON • AVNER GOREN • EREN GOREN • MAYA
GOREN • TOVA GOREN • MAYA GOREN • VICTORIA GORLOV • CAPT. (RES.) IFTACH GORNY • STAFF SGT. ORIYA AYIMALK GOSHEN • LT. YONATAN GOUTIN • CAPTAIN AMITAY ZVI

GRANOT • MAOR GRAZIANI • STAFF SGT. YONATAN AHARON GREENBLATT • CAPT. (RES.) SHAUL GREENGLICK • BRAHA GREKOVICH • SERGEI GRIDSKOL • VICTORIA GRIDSKOL
• LT. COL. TOMER GRINBERG • SGT. ADI GROMAN • YOSSEF GROSS • SGT. 1ST CLASS (RES.) MALKIA GROSS • STAFF SGT. OZ YESHAIA GRUBER • MAJ. TAL GRUSHKA • SGT. 1ST

CLASS JOSHEPH MALACHI GUEDALIA • SGT. AMIT GUETTA • DR. LILIA GUREVITCH • REPHAEL ARIEL GURI • STAFF SGT. ROI HAIM GURI • STAFF SGT. SHLOMO GURTOVNIK • ANTON
GURYANOV • APICHART GUSARAM • MARGARITA (RITA) GUSSEK • TAMAR GUTTMAN • STAFF SGT. NOAM HABA • SHAKED HABANI • MASTER SGT. (RES.) ZECHARIAH PESACH

HABER • LT.-COL. SALMAN HABKA • ZE’EV HACKER • ZEHAVA HACKER • SGT. ORI ITZCHAK HADAD • SGT. MAJ. (RES.) EITAN HADAD • LIOR HADAD ATIAS • SGT. AVIV HAGAGE •
GAD HAGGAI • WOLDERAPHAEL (TIGER) HAGOS BERHE • YONATAN HAI AZULAI • NADAV YOSEF HAI TAIB • MAYA HAIM • YOTAM HAIM • STAFF SGT. JONATAN DEAN JR HAIM •

OREN HAIM BEN HEMO • INBAR HAIMAN • TAL HAIMI • WARRANT OFFICER (RES.) SEBASTIAN HAION • YEHONATAN HAJBI • YIZHAR HAJBI • ZIV HAJBI • AVIAD HALEVY • GAYA
HALIFA • CAPT. (RES.) YUVAL HALIVNI • COLONEL ASAF HAMAMI • ELLA HAMOY • DOR HANAN SHAFIT • NARKIS HAND • STAFF SERGEANT GERI GIDEON HANGHAL • YEHEZKEL

HEZI HANUM • IDAN HARAMATI • VARDA HARAMATI • AVSHALOM HARAN • STAFF SGT. ADI MALIK HARB • SHARONA SHMUNIS HAREL • GIDEON HAREL RIVLIN • MAJ. SHILO
HAR-EVEN • STAFF SGT. DIEGO SHVISHA HARSAJ • ORIYA HARTOM • SGT. REEF HARUSH • MASTER SGT. (RES.) NETANEL (NATI) HARUSH • STAFF SGT. IDO HARUSH • AVI HASDAI

• BEN HASSID • SHRAGA HASSID • NAOR HASSIDIM • YEHOSHUA HATAV • AVRAHAM HATUEL • CAPT. LIEL HAYO • MASTER SGT (RES) SHLOMO YEHONATAN HAZUT • SGT. 1ST
CLASS ROM HECHT • ARIE HEFETZ • REUVEN HEINIK • STAFF SGT. ITAY HEN • EINAV HEN BURSETEIN • IDAN HERMAN • OMER HERMESH • ORIN HERNÁNDEZ RADOUX • MATIAS

HERNEN BURSTEIN • LT. COL. YOCHAI GUR HERSHBERG • STAFF SGT. GAL HERSHKO • SGT. MAJ. (RES.) YOSSI HERSHKOVITZ • MAAYANA HERSHKOWITZ • NOAH HERSHKOWITZ •
MASTER SGT. (RES.) NAHMAN NATAN HERTZ • SGT. 1ST CLASS (RES.) YAKIR HEXTER • AYALA HEZRONI • LIEL HEZRONI • YANAI HEZRONI • SHIMON HIAT • GIDI HIEL • NOA HIEL

• SGT. YOTAM HILLEL • STAFF SGT. ELIYA HILLEL • CAPTAIN (RES.) AVRAHAM HANANEL HINDI • SHARON HIRSCH UZAN • SGT. AMIT HOD ZIV • MAJ. (RES.) YITZHAR HOFMAN
• MENUHA HOLATI • SETA HOMSORN • MAJ. AVRAHAM HOVELASHVILI • MAJ. (RES.) IDO HUBARA • HADAR HUSHAN • ITAI HUSTON HADAR • MAJ. JALAA IBRAHEM • MAJED

IBRAHIM • GUEVARA IBRAHIM • JUWAS IBRAHIM ALKARAN • MALEK IBRAHIM ALKARAN • MAAYAN IDAN • ROI IDAN • SGT. 1ST CLASS (RES.) SAGI IDAN • FREHA IFERGAN • HANNA
IFERGAN • SGT. MAJ. (RES.) GIDEON ILANI • ADAM ILIEV • IVAN ILLARRAMENDI SAIZAR • ELIA ILUZ • GUY ILUZ • CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT (RES.) TOM ISH-SHALOM • LT.-COL.

MEIDAN ISRAEL • LIEL ITAH • SIGAL ITAH • LILI ITAMARI • RAN ITAMATI • CAPT. HAREL ITTAH • SGT. INON ITZHAK • GOYTUM JABRAHIWAT • JAKFUNG JANTASSANA • SAMMI
JARJAWI • ANULA JAYATHILAKA • SGT. 1ST CLASS (RES.) ANDU’ALEM KABEDA • STAFF SGT. NISSIM KACHLON • SHAHAR GAL KADMAN • ROTEM KALDERON • MA’AYAN KALIHMAN

• CAPT. (RES.) ELHANAN MEIR KALMANSON • CAPT. HADAR KAMA • LT. YANNAI KAMINKA • MASTER SGT. (RES.) DAN KAMKAGI • STAFF SGT. NIR RAFAEL KANANIAN • SGT. 1ST
CLASS (RES.) HADAR KAPELUK • DROR KAPLUN • ALINE KAPSHETAR • DINA KAPSHETAR • EITAN KAPSHETAR • EVGENY KAPSHETAR • SHOSHANA (SHOSH) KARASANTI • SGT.

1ST CLASS (RES.) LIDOR YOSEF KARAVANI • STAFF SGT. EITAN KARLSBRUN • STAFF SGT. ORI KARMI • DAVID KAROL • DVIR KARP • SGT. MAJ. (RES.) ZEGEYE DANIEL KASAU •
KESHET KASRUTI-KALFA • STAFF SGT. BIRHANU KASSIE • MASTER SGT. (RES.) DANIEL KASTIEL • STAFF SGT. DANIEL KASVACHUK • TEHILA KATABI • EFRAT KATZ • TAL KATZ •

OUR COMMUNITY
ON THE
COVER

Oct. 7, 2023 – at 6:30 a.m., the
terrorist organization Hamas fired over
5,000 rockets into southern Israel and
approximately 6,000 Gazans, both Hamas
military units and civilians, breached
Israeli border defenses and attacked
Israeli citizens and IDF defenders. Over
1,200 Israelis and others died in the
attack, and 251 hostages were abducted.
It marked the most Jews killed in a single
day since the Holocaust and the worst
single-day death toll in Israeli history.

OCTOBER 7,
2023
6:30AM

OCT. 8

Oct. 8 – Israel
declares a
formal state of
war for first time
since the 1973
Yom Kippur War.

Oct. 8 – 300,000 IDF
reservists are called
up for active duty,
the largest in Israeli
history. Hezbollah
in Lebanon begins
rocket attacks on
the north of Israel in
solidarity with Hamas.

OCT. 9

Oct. 9 – A Solidarity with
Israel gathering is held at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
organized by the Jewish
Federation of Detroit. Over
2,000 attend, including Michigan
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and U.S.
Sen. Gary Peters.

Oct. 9 – A rally to support
Israel is held at Orchard Lake
and Northwestern Highway;
throughout Metro Detroit and
Michigan, synagogues and other
local communal organizations
stage vigils and symbolic displays
for hostages held by Hamas and
to support Israel at war. From this
time until today, many Detroiters
participate in solidarity and
volunteer missions to Israel.

OCT. 10

Oct. 10 – First
shipment of
advanced
weapons from
U.S. arrives in
Israel.

OCT. 14

Oct. 14 – Israel states
that the war could take
months; a record 360,000
reservists reported for
duty.

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