INDIANAPOLIS — The Jewish community here is closely watching the conflict in Israel. Many people here have family and friends there.
13News spoke with a man from Indianapolis who is now living in Israel, in a community now under almost daily attack.
Eitan Goldstein is a graduate of North Central High School. He has been living and working in Israel for a decade now.
13News first talked with Goldstein almost a year ago, right after the Hamas attack on Israeli civilians began this war. He is currently living in Haifa in northern Israel. He's close enough to the border with Lebanon that Hezbollah air strikes are becoming common.
"It is becoming an everyday thing, and it's not great," Goldstein said. "But you know, we thankfully have Iron Dome to protect us, David's Sling and Arrow and all these other joint U.S.-Israel anti-ballistic air defense measures at our disposal. What I tell my parents and what I tell everyone else, first of all, is that Israel's winning. Israel's winning this war. We're taking out two major terrorist organizations, Hamas, for one, which is a huge organization that, or was, it should be noted, they effectively are no longer a fighting force anymore. Then you have Hezbollah, which was a major terrorist organization in the world."
Goldstein says Israel still needs the support of the United States but is now determined to fight the war its own way.
Locally, the Jewish community plans to hold a remembrance ceremony for the victims of the Oct. 7 attack. It is set for 7 p.m. Monday at Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation.