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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 526

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Maayan Gabai, right, and Dr. Pieter Jan Van-Balen reach the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro on January 28, 2025. (Courtesy)
February 28, 2025, 4:15 pm
The sky is no limit: Reserve soldier with cerebral palsy summits Mt. Kilimanjaro
Walking with crutches through the ice and snow, Maayan Gabai ascends Africa’s tallest mountain with a group of 30 Israelis, helps raise NIS 1 million for Shalva, a non-profit for people with disabilities
By Diana Bletter
Miri Berger, left, and Aryeh Katz, right, co-founders of 6Degrees, donate their MyMove, virtual reality game, to Tamir, a soldier recently wounded in fighting in the Gaza Strip at Sheba Medical Center on August 28, 2024. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
September 26, 2024, 8:29 am
Israeli virtual reality game helps dozens of new war amputees reduce phantom pain
Start-up 6Degrees says their immersive approach cuts phantom pain faster than current treatments; amputees do physical therapy on their own in an over-stressed healthcare system
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative: A Israeli soldier wounded during fighting in Gaza works with a physiotherapist at the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, Feb. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
August 23, 2024, 11:07 am
From Gaza to LA: Can Paralympics dream help wounded soldiers get back their fighting spirit?
Aiming to provide motivation and spirit to soldiers facing grueling rehab, sporting officials are already looking at those injured in current fighting as 2028 Paralympic hopefuls
By Amy Spiro
IDF veterans do warm-up exercise as part of wheelchair basketball training at Beit Halochem in Tel Aviv, 2024. (Mark Nomdar)
March 2, 2024, 9:17 am
Wounded IDF veterans find a home in Israel’s state-of-the-art rehabilitation centers
The Zahal Disabled Veteran Organization’s Beit Halochem centers expect to welcome a large portion of the projected 20,000 permanently disabled soldiers from the war this year
By Renee Ghert-Zand
The Israeli team at Ben Gurion Airport on September 7, 2023 as they prepare to depart for the Invictus Games in Dusseldorf, Germany. (Courtesy of the IDF Disabled Veterans Organization)
September 9, 2023, 6:21 pm
Finally invited to multi-sport Invictus Games, Israel sends team of 20 to Dusseldorf
Injured IDF veterans with no prior international competition experience say they are proud to represent country in swimming, cycling, table tennis, archery, and indoor rowing
By Renee Ghert-Zand
The Defense Ministry is seen along with other buildings in Tel Aviv, August 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 12, 2023, 11:28 pm
After two vets die by suicide, Defense Ministry forms new team to probe procedures
Ministry says experts will look into cases of Bar Kalaf and Or Donio, and formulate work plans to improve treatment of veterans suffering mental illness
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance is seen on the coast of central Israel. (Magen David Adom)
April 24, 2023, 3:49 pm
IDF veteran tries to set alight Defense Ministry rehab center
Ministry says 38-year-old’s application to be recognized as disabled veteran was denied in 2013; he is taken to hospital in good condition
By Emanuel Fabian
Two Ukrainian soldiers who were injured in the war in Ukraine arrive at Sheba medical center, September 26, 2022. (Sheba Medical Center via Twitter; used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 26, 2022, 11:31 pm
First severely wounded Ukrainian soldiers arrive in Israel for medical treatment
A total of 20 service members will be treated at Sheba Medical Center as part of Israel-Ukraine agreement
By ToI Staff
Britain's Prince Harry congratulates a member of the United States wheelchair basketball team after winning the gold medal in the finals during day eight of the Invictus Games in Sydney, Australia, October 27, 2018. (Chris Jackson/Pool Photo via AP)
June 15, 2022, 2:37 am
After being excluded, wounded IDF vets to compete at Invictus Games for first time
After years of being kept out of the British-led competition, Israel invited to take part in the 2023 games in Dusseldorf
By Judah Ari Gross
Swimmers dive into a pool during a meet as part of the British-Israeli Veterans Games in Tel Aviv on May 30, 2022. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
June 4, 2022, 9:36 am
British and Israeli veterans square off in fierce but friendly sports competition
Games held for second time at Tel Aviv’s Beit Halochem center for wounded veterans; 65 UK participants and their families tour the country as part of the week-long event
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: People watch fireworks during a show to mark Israel's 71st Independence Day in Jerusalem on May 8, 2019. For May 5, 2022's Independence Day, numerous municipalities scrapped fireworks displays out of concern for people with PTSD. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
May 5, 2022, 10:31 am
The demise of fireworks: How PTSD awareness changed Israel’s Independence Day
Widely considered a ‘must’ for Israel’s birthday until now, fireworks canceled this year in many cities and towns out of respect for military veterans suffering from post-trauma
By Nathan Jeffay
View of the Kishon River that overflowed following heavy rain near Emek junction in northern Israel, on January 9, 2020. (Anat Hermony/Flash90)
February 8, 2022, 9:47 pm
Defense Ministry to recognize soldiers who swam in toxic river as disabled veterans
Navy troops were forced to scuba dive for years in the deeply polluted Kishon River, leading to high rates of cancer and other illnesses; Gantz calls decision ‘historic justice’
By Judah Ari Gross
British and Israeli participants are seen at at the inaugural Veterans Games (Courtesy)
From the WebNovember 26, 2021, 3:25 am
Injured veterans from Israel, UK participate in joint sporting competition
British minister lauds Israel for treatment of vets in 2nd Veteran Games and Conference, Jewish News reports
Israeli veterans and disabled IDF soldiers block Route 1 at the entrance to Jerusalem protesting for better financial and medical support, on May 5, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
May 5, 2021, 4:18 pm
Wounded IDF veterans block highway to Jerusalem, demand reform of rehab care
Protest comes as government approval of One Soul, the Defense Ministry plan to improve treatment for disabled ex-soldiers, is held up by fighting over funding
By ToI Staff
IDF veteran Itzik Saidyan, who set himself alight outside a Defense Ministry office on April 12, 2021. (Screenshot/Channel 12)
April 21, 2021, 5:56 pm
Condition of army vet with PTSD who set himself on fire deteriorates
Hospital warns of immediate danger to Itzik Saidyan’s life, as he remains in critical condition since his self-immolation outside offices of department for disabled veterans
By ToI Staff
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