World Jewish Relief has launched a UK appeal to help clients affected by the Georgian conflict.
WJR says that over 700 young and elderly Jews are in need of welfare assistance. Around 100 have been forced to flee their homes and are staying with other Jews in Tbilisi. Extra rescue workers have been drafted in to help the refugees.
The charity reports that some Jews have already been rescued, among them 79-year-old Rivka Rosa from Tskhinvali.
After an intensive search, WJR's local partners found her huddled in her kitchen - the only room in her apartment which had not been destroyed. Terrified, hungry and in need of her medicine, she had to be persuaded to be moved to a safer place. Aid workers will be monitoring her progress.
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