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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 426

Welfare Ministry

Batya, not her real name, with her protective dog, Bamba, given to her by the Michal Sela Canines Program. (Courtesy/Michal Sela Foundation)
November 25, 2024, 2:36 pm
Guard dogs reduce violent threats against battered women by 70%, Israeli study finds
Michal Sela Foundation’s Canines Program gifts dogs to protect women threatened by their former partners; since the start of the Hamas war, domestic violence soared 65%
By Diana Bletter
Dr. Yael Mozer-Glassberg, Director of the Pediatric Liver Transplantation Service at Schneider Children's Medical Center. (Courtesy)
December 4, 2023, 4:51 pm
Pediatrician treating freed hostages: Reports of their good condition are misleading
Dr. Yael Mozer-Glassberg provides new details about physical and psychological states of 19 children and seven women brought to Schneider Children’s Medical Center
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: Victim of domestic violence and abuse. (djedzura/ iStock by Getty Images)
November 25, 2023, 1:49 pm
Domestic violence exacerbated by wartime, raising concerns over looser gun policies
Since the Knesset made it easier to qualify for a gun license last month, welfare groups register an uptick in firearms concerns for roughly 13,200 annual domestic abuse victims
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
The children and babies kidnapped on October 7 and held hostage by terrorists in the Gaza Strip. (Israel's official Twitter account)
November 23, 2023, 7:18 pm
Coming home: Health Ministry discloses strict protocols for treating freed hostages
After being handed to IDF by Red Cross, hostages will be sent to 6 Israeli hospitals, where staff will follow protocols on everything from avoiding overfeeding to documenting rape
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A children's swing hangs at a house attacked by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, seen in Kibbutz Be'eri, October 14, 2023. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
October 23, 2023, 2:23 am
21 kids from 13 families without parents after Hamas attack; one is 4-year-old hostage
Welfare Ministry figure includes 16 cases in which both parents were murdered by terrorists; remaining kids had one parent killed while other was kidnapped or is missing
By ToI Staff
Workers unload goods outside a supermarket, in downtown Jerusalem, December 8, 2022. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
April 5, 2023, 2:18 pm
Food welfare organizations report sharp rise in requests as Passover approaches
Pitchon Lev says request for aid increased by 285%, and average age of those seeking assistance dropped from 67 to 53 in 2022
By ToI Staff
Sigal Moran, director general of the Ministry of Welfare and Social Affairs, attends a committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on November 8, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 10, 2023, 10:44 am
Welfare Ministry director general says she was abruptly fired by Deri
Sigal Moran tells staff she was told to leave immediately before the handover to an as-yet-unnamed successor; Shas party denies allegations
By ToI Staff
Demonstrators hold signs with images of women who have been killed as they protest against violence against women, in Tel Aviv on June 25, 2022 (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)
November 21, 2022, 11:20 am
Domestic violence on the rise, but among Arab Israelis murder indictment rate is low
Welfare Ministry received 5,712 complaints of domestic violence since beginning of year, a 3.6% increase; ministry touts ‘innovative tools’ to address the trend
By ToI Staff
Israeli and Ukrainian refugees arriving from Ukraine on a rescue flight are welcomed at Ben Gurion international airport near Tel Aviv, on March 3, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 25, 2022, 8:21 am
Nearly half of Ukrainians who fled to Israel have left the country – report
Since the start of fighting six months ago 33,000 arrived, of whom 4,200 were entitled to become citizens; 14,000 have since departed for other countries
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image of a doctor in a hospital ward (sudok1; iStock by Getty Images)
May 22, 2022, 11:24 am
4 hospitalized in new suspected food poisoning in home for people with disabilities
Welfare Ministry to investigate incident at Neve Ram facility in north, which comes weeks after 3 died at a similar institution; father of one patient: ‘No lessons learned’
By ToI Staff
Israeli and Ukrainian refugees arriving from Ukraine on a rescue flight are welcomed at Ben Gurion international airport near Tel Aviv, on March 3, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
March 16, 2022, 5:32 pm
Israel to offer healthcare, temporary housing to Ukrainian refugees
Welfare Ministry says priority will go to at-risk populations, as it seeks to address needs of thousands entering the country
By Judah Ari Gross
The door to a Beersheba apartment where an 18-year-old woman was found dead, November 13, 2021. (Screen grab/Ynet)
November 13, 2021, 12:30 pm
Woman, 18, found dead in Beersheba; partner arrested on suspicion of murder
Victim’s body found in boyfriend’s home; 25-year-old suspect appears in court, was recently released after jail term for violence toward her
By ToI Staff
The children's playroom at an abused women's shelter in Beit Shemesh, July 15, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
October 20, 2021, 4:18 pm
Report shows 24% leap in treated child sex abuse cases in 2020
Welfare Ministry data reveals that a year of COVID lockdowns brought more cases of abuse, about half of them committed by family members
By Michael Bachner
Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman attends the Eli Horowitz Conference for Economy and Society, organized by Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem on June 29, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 13, 2021, 8:08 pm
Liberman says axed daycare subsidies will fund efforts against domestic violence
Finance minister allots $32 million for shelters for battered women, programs for violent men; asserts plan to slash funds for full-time Torah students will help ultra-Orthodox
By Raoul Wootliff
A demonstrator holds a sign reading 'we deserve fair pay' outside the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem during a protest for the social workers on July 14, 2020 in Jerusalem, Israel. (Courtesy Israel Social Workers' Union)
March 16, 2021, 4:31 pm
Social workers plan strike as study shows 54% have experienced physical violence
On Social Work Day 2021, new statistics illustrate deteriorating conditions of social services wrought by COVID-19, including understaffing, underpay and exposure to violence
By ToI Staff
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