One of the drones that aided in the assassination of former Hamas senior leader Yahya Sinwar in the Gaza Strip was donated with help from a Jewish community in New Jersey.
Chaim Meisels, an American reservist in the Israeli Defense Forces, told The Daily Wire that after being honored as a guest at a shul in Teaneck, N.J., a family hosting him asked how they could assist in the war effort. He said that his unit would benefit from more equipment, including drones.
Following the Hamas terror attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, Meisels said that the nearly 300,000 reservists who flew to Israel to fight found that the IDF did not have helmets, vests or equipment for them.
“Jews in America pitched in and donated so we could do our job,” he said to The Daily Wire.
A member of the Teaneck community named Lindsay (who requested her last name be withheld) organized the fundraising. The donations, which ultimately totaled approximately $10,000, came from members of her synagogue, the rabbi’s discretionary fund and a few donors from another state.
“Oct. 7 wasn’t an attack just on Israel. It was an attack on Jews all over,” Meisels said. “So they wanted to help.”
Lindsay and her family purchased the drones in May and provided them to Meisels, who said they were fully operational in Gaza by June.
One of them—a DJI Mavic equipped with thermal imaging—helped Meisels’ unit, the 828th Bislamach Brigade, pinpoint Sinwar’s location.
“The excitement we all felt when we heard Sinwar was dead and that the drone we donated helped locate him was unreal,” Lindsay told The Daily Wire. JNS
{Matzav.com}
This admission of fault now puts all of New Jersey in danger. How careless of these people to bring potential terror into our country. Shame on these supporters. I’m sure we can all agree that overseas wars need to stay overseas.
Do easy to understand.
I have a bridge to sell you.
You already have terror in your country.
Did you not notice all the crazed and violent anti-Israel college students over this past year, among other terrible incidents and crimes?
I agree. Americans have enough to worry about like the border. The price of gas and pineapple.
I find this report hard to believe, does an army like the IDF actually take donations from American communities to pay for their equipment. My guess is they don’t.
As for the donations of helmets and vest that were given at the onset of this horrible war were for organizations like M’da and United Hatzalah. Organizations that operate at least partly through donations.