Israel 26,
April 8, 2024,
Hi Everyone,
Today we had a phenomenon that I have never seen before in Israel. Pouring rain! It only lasted for 1 hour and didn’t affect me as I was working in a warehouse. My job with a team of 6 was to unpack medical supplies including medication and then repack it into specific pockets in medical bags carried by medics.
At the end of the morning, we had a talk by the CEO of Sar-El. She stressed the importance of the work that we are doing. Sar-El usually has 4000 volunteers per year. This year if the numbers continue, they may have 5 to 10 times more. Essentially we are replacing the soldiers who have been called away to the front. Because of the war, there is a higher demand for this type of equipment. Many volunteers came to Israel and do day labour on farms and come back to Tel Aviv at night. Others, help out in food and clothing distribution in various sites in Israel. Others help out in rebuilding what was destroyed by Hamas.
In the afternoon we were given a lecture by a General in Israeli Intelligence. There was a major fault in intelligence work which began a long time before Oct. 7. Apparently, this is being addressed so that it does not occur in the future. There is a museum located north of Tel Aviv dedicated to Israeli intelligence which I will visit. Someone asked him if the Mossad functions like in the Netflix series, Fauda. He said that somethings are accurate but in the end, Fauda is a movie for the public. It is very popular in America but nevertheless it is still a movie. He also showed us a short film on a children’s camp that was founded by Paul Newman several years ago.
I was invited for a Passover Seder with my cousins.
Love,
Brian
gobriantravel 
That pack looks almost as big as you !!
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