Israeli Feral Kittens

Bernie and I heard a plaintive kitten's cry. We had just moved into the Absorption Center in Beer Sheva. It was impossible to tell where the cry was coming from. The Center has a lower floor of offices and classrooms. Then four floors of apartments above. It is a glass and concrete structure, so the sound echoes off the building.
Later, Bernie was on a higher balcony and he spotted an orange tabby kitten on a rooftop across the street. "I found the kitten" he said. "It's caught on top of a roof."
We both went downstairs and crossed the street. Sure enough, this tiny kitten peered over the edge of the roof at us. There was a tree (pine?) which looked climbable and someone had laid a plank from the top of the tree to the rooftop. We thought that may have been how the kitten got on top of the roof, but now he may not know how to get back down.
I didn't want to begin my stay in Israel with the experience of observing a kitten starving to death in front of me. I carefully studied the tree. If I was at least 100 pounds lighter, I probably could have climbed it. I hadn't officially signed up for my health care in Israel, yet, but I was supposed to already be covered.
No, hurting myself, and/or the tree wasn't going to help the kitten. I called animal rescue people in Israel with whom I had communicated on the Internet. I was given the name of a cat trapper. I also called a woman who does cat rescue in Beer Sheva. She explained that there must be an adult cat caring for the kitten. It would not have survived the cold nights alone and it would cry non stop if it wasn't being fed.
I told her my husband and I would observe the kitten from the balcony. That evening, two adult cats appeared. I called the rescue woman and cat trapper with the good news. A few days later, we saw the mother cat and two kittens safely on the ground. Ironically, the rooftop was probably a good place for the mother to have her litter. It was hidden and far away from dogs and people.
This was my first lesson in Israeli feral cat behavior.