Since March, over 450 incendiary kites, balloons, and rockets have been launched from Gaza towards the communities of Eshkol and Sha’ar HaNegev, destroying over 6,500 acres of agricultural land and forests.

Federation reports back on the relief efforts and first distributions from the funds.

Allied Jewish Federation, along with local and national partners, is raising money and other donations for victims of the Colorado wild fires.

Fires burned over 750 acres, marking the single largest day of fires since the second Lebanon War of 2006.