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Meitar Sela I Photo: Gavriella Kline

Represensetives of The Reservists’ Wives Forum with Minister of Defense Yoav Galant

The war has left many mothers forced to manage family life and care for the education of their children on their own, as well as carry on working as usual, and of course, support their reservist partner on the front line as well. The Reservists’ Wives Forum was established about two weeks after the start of the war and now comprises more than 6,000 members, all women The Reservists’ Wives Forum | Fighting on the home front The Arab-Jewish war room in Rahat Helping the families of the western Negev

Jewish war room in the city of Rahat, with the aim to help the families of the western Negev, both Bedouin and Jewish, that were hit by the attacks. Donations have been flowing in ever since, making it possible for Nosatzki and Elsanah to buy food and essential commodities for families in need, including medication, funding for therapy, and even tablets for families and students who need to get back to studying in the midst of all the chaos and lack of Internet connections. With the help of many other social organizations, the war room has to date, helped more than 5,000 Arab and Jewish families, women, single mothers, and widows in particular. To donate: partnersinfate.com whose partners were called to the front line. The aim of the forum is to bring about policy changes, to raise awareness, and fight for the full use of rights of families who have a reservist mother or father still on the front line. The forum is managed on an entirely voluntary basis by 14 mothers, all partners of IDF reservists. @forum_neshotmil

IDF dogs | Therapy dogs for injured soldiers Meitar Sela , a disabled IDF veteran who was injured while fighting in the “Protective Edge” campaign in 2014, manages her PTSD, among other things, with the help of her therapy dog, Ranger. The October 7 th attacks triggered the trauma she suffered, and it prompted her to launch “IDF dogs”, an initiative that aims to alleviate the suffering of injured soldiers. Two hundred volunteers and their dogs have got involved, visiting injured soldiers in 14 different hospitals. The focus of the visits is to reduce as much as possible, and even prevent, the development of PTSD in each injured individual. Petting a dog is relaxing and can potentially improve moods, alleviate anxiety, increase motivation for therapy and physiotherapy, and help achieve emotional regulation. “IDF dogs” have even made their way to the “Hostages square” in Tel Aviv, to provide relief to the families of the hostages. @idf_dogs

Photo: Ben Cohen

Following the horrific attacks of October 7 th , Hanan Elsanah Esq. from the “Itach-Maaki Female Lawyers for Social Justice” association and Shir Nosatzki , CEO of the “Have you seen the horizon lately” organization, joined forces and created an Arab

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