Dear friends of the Jewish people and of Chosen People Ministries,

It is with a heavy heart that I write to you because war has broken out in Israel.

It started with incursions by roaming bands of Hamas terrorists from Gaza, along with missiles fired into major southern cities in Israel. The focus of the attacks have been seemingly indiscriminate. Terrorists have been walking the streets of villages along the southern parts of Israel and border areas around Gaza shooting individuals as well as kidnapping family members. There were also some direct hits out of the more than 3,000 missiles that were fired in Ashkelon and a few other border towns.