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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 647

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Alumim foster children wait in a bomb shelter for the all-clear, in Kfar Chabad, central Israel., October 26, 2023. (Gavriel Fiske/Times of Israel)
November 7, 2023, 2:04 pm
Twice evacuated from war zones, Ukrainian children wait for the battles to end
Newly relocated to Kfar Chabad in central Israel, youths from the Ashkelon-based ‘Alumim’ foster home relive the traumas of the past and search for stability
By Gavriel Fiske
British-Israeli Game of Thrones actress Josephine Gillan holds her daughter. Israeli welfare authorities have taken away the child. (Courtesy/GoFundMe)
August 13, 2019, 2:43 am
‘Game of Thrones’ actress begs for help as Israeli child welfare takes baby girl
Josephine Gillan, who played prostitute Marei, says her 8-month old was in care of friend while she received treatment for postpartum depression; authorities acted on court order
By ToI Staff
Host Aviv Alush, left, and torch-lighter Marie Nahmias, 93, at Israel's 71st Independence Day ceremony in Jerusalem, May 8, 2019. (Kan screen capture)
May 10, 2019, 2:54 am
Matriarch who fostered 52 Jews and Arabs enchants Israel with blessing of peace
Marie Nahmias spent her life raising unwanted, disabled children after ‘God heard her prayer’ for her wounded soldier son. Lighting Independence Day torch, she enthralled a nation
By ToI Staff
The parents of four-month-old Daniel Gerson at the Schneider Children's Hospital, Petach Tikva, March 3, 2016 (Channel 2)
March 3, 2016, 11:51 pm
Baby in serious condition after allegedly shaken by nanny
Tot ‘wouldn’t stop crying,’ says suspect, who received a suspended sentence 12 years ago for abusing a foster child
By Sue Surkes
The family of Dafna Meir at her funeral in Jerusalem on January 18, 2106. Meir was stabbed to death at the entrance to her home in the settlement of Otniel on January 17. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 24, 2016, 6:39 am
Israel’s first foster care law dedicated to terror victim Dafna Meir
Advocates hope new legal protections and clearer regulations will encourage more Israelis to become foster parents
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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