Jews in Los Angeles are collecting and coordinating aid flights to Israel, with humanitarian supplies, food, clothing and other items.
As the war in Israel enters its third week, Los Angeles resident Joelle Uzyel has also felt the impact of Hamas' attack and the fighting that's followed.
"I have been working through my DMs, emails, Whatsapp group chats. Just logistics on gathering donations. Collecting them. Sending them to storage facilities," said Uzyel. The donations and flights have been coordinated by Worldwide Friends Foundation, which was started after Russia invaded Ukraine. Their newly-formed mission is called Israel Friends.
"Children who are orphans. Families who walked out of their homes with dead family members with nothing except for what was on them. So these families were displaced and here in LA, we were gathering stuff - anything from baby formula, baby clothes, clothing, toys, books," said Uzyel.
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