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Monday, October 7, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Monday, October 7, 2024
Health minister urges Israelis affected by Oct. 7 to seek mental health assistance
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Friends and family of the victims of the Nova music festival massacre gather at the site in southern Israel one year after the Hamas assault. October7, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
On the first anniversary of the Hamas attack on October 7, Health Minister Uriel Buso calls on members of the public to seek mental health assistance at government-run “resilience centers.”
“Don’t be afraid to ask for physiological assistance – it saves lives,” he tweets, calling October 7 “the biggest mental health event that the State of Israel has ever experienced.”
Speaking at a conference last month, the minister said the government should double the funding for the treatment of October 7-related mental health issues.
