Across the country, a huge volunteer effort has sprung up to supply troops with protective gear that some say the government is failing to provide.
In the underground parking lot at the Expo Tel Aviv International Convention Center, thousands of volunteers help sort and distribute baby clothes, books, winter clothes, and more.In the underground parking lot at the Expo Tel Aviv International Convention Center, thousands of volunteers help sort and distribute baby clothes, books, winter clothes, and more.Barely 24 hours after the Hamas attack on Israel, Etai Iam Rimer threw himself into volunteering.
"Everything you can imagine," he said,"from vests to knee protectors to helmets to flashlights to underwear." And Rimer said these were huge requests: hundreds of items for entire units. This image, of a grassroots effort plugging holes in the military supply chain, is not the one Israel wants to project. Its military is a source of national pride, and service is mandatory for most citizens. And the government is attuned to the public cry for supplies., the Ministry of Defense put out a statement saying tens of thousands of items were on their way. Helmets, bulletproof vests, knee protectors and more.
Geva runs a venture fund when she's not helping with the war effort. Now she's part of a volunteer corps of thousands of people at the Expo Tel Aviv International Convention Center, which has become a hub for a huge range of volunteer projects in response to the war. Maya Armon, a filmmaker and MBA student who created a donation hub at the Expo, remains a fierce critic of the government. She has friends in the army and has heard the requests from soldiers for everything from underwear to tactical gear.
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