Three rescue organizations have joined up to rescue Ukrainian Holocaust survivors and other civilians wounded amid Russia’s invasion.
Zaka, Hatzolah Air, and Magen David Adom raised some 70,000 dollars to fly a private jet with medical equipment to treat and evacuate the wounded waiting in Moldova, Channel 13 news reports.
The 13 wounded and Holocaust survivors, some of whom cannot walk, are helped onto the luxury jet by the volunteers.
“They want to free us in Ukraine from the Nazis, but that’s how you liberate? By murdering people? Turning them homeless?” 85-year-old Maya Zernova tells the network during the flight.
“What else can I say,” she adds.
They later land at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport, before being taken to hospitals for medical treatment.
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