Israel charts unmapped ways to treat trauma of freed child hostages

Asher Ben-Arieh, a specialist in child trauma, was tapped by Israel's Welfare Ministry to help identify the possible emotional traumas endured and come up with written protocols to cope with them.

Eitan Yahalomi, 12, who was released from the Gaza Strip on November 27 after being taken hostage by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas during the October 7 attack on Israel, is accompanied at Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov) in Tel Aviv, Israel, on November 28, 2023.

(photo credit: Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS)

ByREUTERS

DECEMBER 20, 2023 11:28

Israel charts unmapped ways to treat trauma of freed child hostages

Asher Ben-Arieh, a specialist in child trauma, was tapped by Israel's Welfare Ministry to help identify the possible emotional traumas endured and come up with written protocols to cope with them.

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Israel charts unmapped ways to treat trauma of freed child hostages

Asher Ben-Arieh, a specialist in child trauma, was tapped by Israel's Welfare Ministry to help identify the possible emotional traumas endured and come up with written protocols to cope with them.

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