In the News

A New Home for their Hearts: Donors Find LIBI after FIDF Shakeup

November 19, 2025
After recent turmoil at FIDF, some donors are turning to American Friends of LIBI—a lean, volunteer-driven nonprofit that directly supports IDF soldiers’ real-time social, medical, and welfare needs….

Lean, Direct, Impactful: Inside the American Friends of LIBI

November 14, 2025
The American Friends of LIBI (AFL) has taken up the call to ensure that maximum support flows to the IDF. As donors move away from other aid organizations that are mired in bureaucracy and organization issues making them less impactful, the AFL stands strong. At AFL we ensure that donations go straight to…

Is Israel on the brink of war with Hamas?

August 30, 2020

For almost two weeks, tension has been rising between the IDF and Hamas in Gaza. Hamas has been provoking and prodding at Israel by sporadically lobbing missiles and sending incendiary kites into southern Israel. The IDF has responded with targeted bombings of Hamas holdings in the coastal enclave. These back and forths have…

AmazonSmile Helps Support LIBI Fund

November 2, 2019

With the Jewish and Christian winter holidays quickly approaching, many people are turning to the internet to purchase their gifts. One of the world’s biggest online marketplaces, Amazon, is teaming up with a host of charities to allow shoppers to donate a portion of their purchase to a worthy charity of their choice….

IDF STOPS TERROR ATTACK IN BIBLICAL CITY OF BEIT EL

November 29, 2017
Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) along with the security forces of the Biblical city of Beit El and Border Police officers on Monday foiled a terror attack planned on the city. The terrorist was caught through their joint efforts. “Army intelligence discovered the plot because the […]…

6th Graders from California Show Appreciation for IDF with Special Fundraising Campaign

December 29, 2015

Last week, LIBI USA, which supports the LIBI Fund, the IDF’s official humanitarian branch, received a modest yet meaningful donation. The $150 donation was received from the Hebrew class of Congregation B’nai Tikvah in Walnut Creek, California, through their teacher, Julia Babka-Kurzrock. The note attached to the $150 donation stated, “In honor of…