Eilat's largest soup kitchen is on the verge of collapse, due to coronavirus restrictions preventing them from receiving the bulk of its food supply.
The Beit Raphael – Latel Eilat soup kitchen used to receive much of its food from the surplus food collected from the numerous hotels throughout the city. As Eilat is a major tourist destination, with thousands of vacationers flocking to the southern city each year, this means there was always a large amount of food available to feed the city's needy. When hotels were shut down during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the Eilat Municipality stepped in to help distribute food.
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