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                                                         Terror Strikes Israel

        Tax Talk from page 7
        and spacious interior of our previous buildings. When  / Boca Pointe Saves Lives
        Palm Beach Gardens location will replicate the bright

        the new service center is completed, we will move our
        operations from the North County Government Center   By Yishai Mizrahi                                “We rescued an elderly woman, a man in his 40s and
        into the new facility. We look forward to serving you                                              a child about two or three years old, and it was a miracle
        in the new location in early 2024!                  Dear Friends, I come                           that they didn’t get hurt,” he said, adding that the now-
        June Important Dates                             to you this month to share                        damaged home “is dangerous, nothing remains.”

                                                                                                              Chen Kariti, an employee for the Rehovot Municipality,
                                                         the incredible courage of
                                                         Magen David Adom during                           told Kan how it was to enter the building shortly after the
                                                         last month’s Gaza/Israel                          rocket hit it: “I saw sights I don’t wish upon anyone —
                                                         War, and the response that                        big chaos, smoke, panicking, screams from every home.
                                                         was provided by the Boca                          I saw a pile of people, I didn’t know who of them was
                                                         Pointe community.                                 dead and who was alive. I had acute anxiety, I felt like I
                                                            On May 11th, the latest                        couldn’t help them.”
                                                         round of fighting between                            Rehovot lies not more than 12 minutes away from
                                                         Israel and Gaza terrorists claimed its first Israeli victim,   the new Marcus National Blood Services Center, built
                                                         as one was killed and five others injured when a rocket   by American Friends of MDA specifically because of
                                                         fired from the Strip slammed into an apartment building   situations like this – rocket and attacks.
                                                         in the central town of Rehovot. On the scene rendering aid      As  a result of this  and other  clear  and  present
                                                         shortly after the attack, was a contingent of MDA ambulances   dangers, Magen David Adom’s Director General has
                                                         and personnel, there to rescue and triage the victims. Among   asked American Friends of MDA for 300 additional
                                                         the first on the scene, was the 2012 Boca Pointe sponsored   ambulances, triple the typical annual amount of 100, to
                                                         Ambulance, based in Gedera, rescuing victims from the   make sure Israel and her people are safe. Terror threats
                                                         attack, stabilizing them, and making sure they were okay   from the North in Hezbollah, East from the West Bank
                                                         following this horrific act of terror.            and West from Gaza have ensnarled Israel in the last year,
                                                                                                           and Israel needs more of these lifesaving vehicles to save
                                                                                                           lives.
                      Attention

                  All Residents!


                      Please keep
               garage doors closed.
                     Your security
                    begins at home!




                                                                                                           Eli Bin makes video appeal for 300 New Ambulances
                                                                                                           to keep Israel safe and secure (https://vimeo.
                                                                                                           com/825636328?share=copy)

                                                                                                              In addition to ambulances, Magen David Adom
                                                                                                           has many opportunities to sponsor lifesaving medical
                                                                                                           equipment, from defibrillators (starting at $1,800), to
                                                                                                           chest compressors ($18,000), to 1 year sponsorships
                                                                                                           of ambulance supplies ($8,000). All of these pieces of
                                                                                                           equipment make sure that the emergency services of the
                                                                                                           State of Israel, have the equipment they need to save lives.
                                                         Up To Date Activity Report from the 2012 Ambulance that   Qualified Charitable Deductions and Required Minimum
                                                         responded to the Rehovot attack                   Distributions are welcomed as American Friends of MDA
                                                                                                           is a registered 501c3, and communal and group gifts are
                                                            Of the five injured in the Rehovot rocket attack, four   encouraged.
                                                         were in moderate condition and one suffered minor wounds.     As I close, I would like to share the following offer
                                                            Shay Cohen, who was injured in Rehovot, told the Kan   and request. If you are a part of any groups, Book Clubs,
                                                         public broadcaster that after the attack, he joined others and   Social Clubs, Networking Groups etc. in Boca Pointe,
                                                         rescued a family trapped in their home inside the building.  Boca or Delray or elsewhere, and would like to share the
                                                                                                           incredible lifesaving force of Magen David Adom with
                                                                                                           them, host an event, or have a speaker, please contact
                                                                                                           Yishai Mizrahi, Area Director for American Friends
                                                                                                           of Magen David Adom in Boca Raton/Delray Beach,
                                                                                                           at 561.288.5658 or email YMizrahi@afmda.org. There
                                                                                                           are so many ways to open doors to the work we engage in
                                                                                                           each and every day, and make a difference in our beloved
                                                                                                           Israel. We are always here to share the lifesaving work
                                                                                                           all of you help to make happen, in any setting, formal or
                                                                                                           informal. May Israel have a more peaceful Summer, and
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                                                         MDA rescue forces at the scene where a rocket fired from   remain committed to saving lives in Israel through your
                                                         Gaza hit and damaged a house in Rehovot and killed 1,   support of Magen David Adom. We are forever grateful. 
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