FIDF is in daily communication with the IDF and responds to their direct requests immediately, transferring funds to fulfill these urgent requests within 24 to 48 hours. One hundred percent of the funds the organization raises for this emergency campaign are going straight to meet soldier needs as directed by the IDF. FIDF is funding the majority of support that IDF soldiers are receiving, distributed across the entire military, to reach more soldiers than any other organization.

More than $34.5 million of the $60 million has already been transferred to the IDF since October 7 for direct requests from the IDF for humanitarian supplies to benefit the hundreds of thousands of IDF soldiers, and 360,000 reservists called to the front lines.

Funds from FIDF’s emergency fundraising campaign have covered the vast array of needs for IDF soldiers as they fight to protect their homeland and bring hostages back to safety. Items funded by FIDF to date include: plasma for 1,700 soldiers; emergency medical equipment; 70 operational ambulances; genetic DNA analyzers, go-pro cameras for search and rescue teams, hygiene kits for more than 21,500 soldiers; clothing and towels for more than 18,500 soldiers; snack packages for more than 21,500 soldiers; refurbishment of hospital waiting areas for wounded soldiers; visiting reserves gathering areas; gift packages for 800 wounded soldiers during hospital visits; gift packages for 400 fallen soldiers’ families during shiva visits; food for 20 families in financial need for the duration of their shiva; gazebo/canopy tents; blood & fluid warmers; direct support for all FIDF adopted Brigades; tzitziot for soldiers; olive green-dryfit; refurbishment of hospital waiting areas for families of wounded soldiers; personal wellbeing kits for more than 60,000 combat soldiers; shaded rest tables; respite and refreshment break cycles for combat units.

In addition to the tangible support mentioned above, FIDF’s team members in Israel, along with volunteers, are providing comfort to soldiers and bereaved families. Staff members have attended 320 funerals and shivas to date.

"We are immensely grateful for the outpouring of support we've received within days of the war's eruption, enabling us to swiftly address the most critical needs of the IDF over the last 3+ weeks,” said Steve Weil, CEO of FIDF. “Our unwavering commitment stands firm and our dedication remails resolute: we will stand by the soldiers of the IDF who courageously put their lives on the line to reinstate security, safety and peace in Israel, and we are dedicated to meeting every humanitarian need through the duration of the war.”