The trainees of the pre-military academies and KKL JNF in cooperation with the Ministry of Settlement and National Missions and the Ministry of Defense joined the national mission to help Israeli farmers, who have been left with a severe shortage of working hands since the murderous terrorist attack in the Gaza Strip envelope and the fighting that broke out in the south and north. Many farmers, as well as their workers, have been murdered, kidnapped, injured or are simply missing. In addition to this, the fighting caused thousands of foreign workers to flee the country, in addition to the shortage of tens of thousands of workers in agriculture that existed even before the fighting.
About 50 trainees of the 'Midreshet Hashiluv' in Natur, a pre-military training course on a religious-secular combination track, joined the packing house in Kibbutz Gilgal, where they pack dates and Israeli agricultural produce. 48 trainees of 'Machinat Rakiya' in Harish, religious and secular from all over the country, volunteer at the Kadima-Zoran local council and work in preparing the field itself for growing strawberries. 30 trainees of 'Yeshivat Hemdat' help every day in growing dates, collecting cuttings and working the soil in the Jordan Valley area. The farmers in the area are in need of helping hands due to the constraints and security guidelines that prevent the entry of laborers.
