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Ari Shapiro

Israeli soldiers find they must rely on private donations for essential equipment

In the underground parking lot at the Expo Tel Aviv International Convention Center, thousands of volunteers help sort and distribute baby clothes, books, winter clothes, and more. (Tanya Habjouqa/NOOR for NPR)

Barely 24 hours after the Hamas attack on Israel, Etai Iam Rimer threw himself into volunteering.

He had spent the day of the attack at home in Kfar Truman, southeast of Tel Aviv, glued to the news on TV and social media, scared and stunned, as stories of massacred civilians and videos of kidnappings slowly emerged.

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