The Times of Israel reports: WASHINGTON — After Hurricane Harvey devastated a large expanse of Texas, stretching out from Houston to neighboring state Louisiana, the Israeli Embassy to the United States joined with two organizations to ship several tons of aid to the storm’s victims.
As part of a partnership with the Israeli humanitarian aid organization IsraAid and Movers 495, a American-Israeli owned moving company, the embassy staff spent Tuesday afternoon packing and loading items into trucks to go directly to Houston.
Once the movers arrive in the southeastern Texas city, they will coordinate with the Israeli officials already there to disperse the aid most effectively.
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