McDonald’s Israel announced that it’s giving away thousands of free meals to the Israel Defence Forces and citizens after Hamas’ surprise attack on Saturday.
In an Instagram story on Thursday, McDonald’s said that it has been donating “tens of thousands of meals,” across Israel over the past few days during the ongoing conflict.
McDonald’s is donating thousands of free meals to the Israel Defence Forces and citizens after Hamas attacks
It wrote, according to a translation from Hebrew to English by Insider, “McDonald’s donated and continues to donate tens of thousands of meals to IDF units, the police, hospitals, residents around the Strip and all rescue forces. We continue donating thousands of meals daily to our forces across the country. In addition to a 50% discount to soldiers and security forces who come to our branches.”
It explained in one post that it had opened five restaurants solely for the purpose of providing aid and donations to security forces and that it plans to deliver 4,000 meals daily.
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So far the fast food giant has donated 12,000 meals to the IDF and Israeli residents in the surrounding areas, according to a post on Thursday. Pictures in the post show cars loaded with McDonald’s meals and soldiers and workers in hospitals receiving the packages.
One video shows McDonald’s workers preparing meals and packages to be delivered to a military base in Southern Israel.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a state of war on Saturday after Hamas launched thousands of rockets into central and southern Israel, killing hundreds. The death toll in Israel has risen to 1,300 since Saturday, according to the BBC.
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In retaliatory attacks from Israel, more than 1,400 people in Gaza have been killed, per the BBC.
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