Dame Maureen Lipman sends a hug to an IDF soldier

Actress Maureen Lipman has written a heartfelt message to an IDF soldier, sending them “a postal hug”.

The star of stage and screen has penned the postcard as part of Technion UK’s Message a Hero campaign in partnership with the JC, which sees thousands of children and adults sending postcards to soldiers serving on Israel’s front line. 

Addressing “my unknown soldier” Dame Maureen Lipman wrote: “You represent a shield and an arrow for the Jewish people of the world, and although I don’t share your tank or your trench or your battalion of comrades in arms, I share your pain and feel your qualms and if I could, I would hug you and tell you how inspirational you are.”

Maureen Lipman's postcard to an Israeli soldier is part of Technion UK's Message a Hero campaign[Missing Credit]

The postcards are being sent to IDF soldiers in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank.