Hugs in Gilo

Located in the south of Jerusalem and across the valley from the Arab village of Beit Jalla, the affluent neighborhood of Gilo was the target of daily terrorist shooting attacks. The government later build a concrete barrier in an effort to shield the residents and school children from these attacks. Many of their residents have been killed in the June 2002 suicide bus bombing attack on the #31 bus as well as in other terrorist attacks across the city.

The Gilo Community Center

Hugs donated an inflatable bounce castle to the community center as a way to reach out to the entire community living under the stress of these shooting attacks. Click on the link, “What Israelis Say About Hugs” to your right to read the letter that he wrote to us. Then visit the Photo Gallery to see more photos. Also, go to the Media tab on the navigation bar to read the article that The Jerusalem Post published concerning our donation of the bounce castles to Gilo and to other cities in Israel.