‘Lighting Up Hearts’: UWI’s Memorable Wartime Chanukah Celebration on IDF Base
United with Israel has been organizing Chanukah parties on IDF bases since 2011, and this year's celebration was undoubtedly among the best ever.
United with Israel has been organizing Chanukah parties on IDF bases since 2011, and this year's celebration was undoubtedly among the best ever.
Aside from the 'warm winter gifts' that were given thanks to the UWI donors, what truly warmed the soldiers' hearts was the atmosphere of love and appreciation.
'We appreciate that you came. Here, we don’t know what can happen in the next five minutes,' an IDF base commander told the United with Israel visitors.
UWI's seventh annual Chanukah party with Israeli soldiers, located at an anti-terror training base between Ramallah and Jericho, was the best ever, leaving participants with an even greater appreciation for the heroic defenders of Israel.
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“As much as we were in awe of the soldiers, they were amazed by our show of support and appreciation. They never realized how much love people have for them.”
The Chatmar Military Base in Samaria was packed on Thursday evening when busloads of American-Israeli visitors celebrated the Festival of Chanukah and the American Thanksgiving holiday with soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces, bringing gift packages of warm clothing and thousands of letters of support from around the world.
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