Despite Decades of Enmity, Israel Quietly Aids Syrian Civilians

-          Medics arrived to a scene in Syria to find an 8-year old was critically wounded after seeing (and remembering) his 10-year brother being decapitated by a rocket explosion

-          The mother was told if she wanted her son to live she should take him to Israel

-          The mother believes the older sibling was shielding the younger brother when the  explosion occurred

-          The internal conflict between Israel and Syria have killed nearly 130,000 people

-          Syrians fear the President Assad’s forces more than the Israeli soldiers who helped the wounded patients and their relatives

-          Nearly 200 Syrians have been treated at the Israeli hospital since March 2013

-          More than230 have been taken to a Hospital in Galilee

-          The costs are dived three ways between Israel’s Military Defense, Ministry of Health, and the hospitals

-          Israel’s defense minister said Israel can no longer remain indifferent and has been providing food and winter clothing to Syrian villages across the border fence

-           One Syrian whose 5-year old grand-daughter received aid in Israel said, “When there is peace, I will raise an Israeli flag on the roof of my house.”