Yad Sarah receives first airlift of emergency aid

The attacks of Iran-backed Houthi rebels on ships in the Red Sea have wreaked havoc on imports to countries passing through the body of water, and among those Israeli organizations that have suffered is Yad Sarah.

The medical-equipment loan organization, which also provides numerous services for the ill, elderly, and lonely, has received the first airlift of emergency medical and rehabilitation equipment to circumvent the problem of attacks on seagoing ships. The first of a series of anticipated deliveries arrived as the organization has been replenishing critical inventory to support the recovery of soldiers and civilians wounded in the Gaza war against Hamas terrorists.

In the early hours of February 6, a significant delivery of urgent medical equipment, sourced and procured by Yad

Sarah, Israel’s leading volunteer-run nonprofit organization, touched down at Ben-Gurion Airport. The speedy delivery was facilitated through the targeted global fundraising campaign “Operation Breath of Life” and included notable support from Jewish Federations of North America.

This vital shipment arrived against a backdrop of unprecedented wartime demand for medical and rehabilitation supplies for injured soldiers and civilians. The Houthis’ hostilities diverted 64 Yad Sarah containers of medical supplies and could lead to a three-tofive-month delay on any new maritime order.

Yad Sarah is taking additional proactive measures to address the pressing need for crucial resources. Recognizing the lifeand-death urgency of the matter, the organization issued a full year’s worth of inventory in the first three months of the war alone.