Evacuees

Baby food aid requests rose 25% in 2025, infant formula prices climb, Social Bank reports

Data from the National Insurance Institute found that 2.8 million Israelis currently live with food insecurity, including over a million children.

An illustration of a mother feeding a baby a bottle of formula.
What do Israelis dream about post October 7?

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Bank Hapoalim.

Bank Hapoalim, Paamonim launch free coaching program for northern evacuees

THE DEVASTATED remains of apartments in Tel Aviv where residents were forbidden from entering to retrieve possessions.

Picking up the pieces: Israelis who lost homes in Iran attack remain traumatized by bureaucracy


Making a double impact 

The Jerusalem Foundation assists evacuees, the vulnerable, and promotes culture and education

 ‘MACHSHAVA TOVA’ mobile computer lab, donated by the Jerusalem Foundation, travels to hotels where evacuees are staying and provides entertaining technological activities

Housing evacuees in Tel Aviv after the October 7 massacre

Together with the city of Tel Aviv, the entities were able to take over units in the new building complex to house Kibbutz Re’im residents for one year.

 WALL MURALS in Florentin. Tel Aviv has taken in over 20,000 evacuees from the South and North.

Uprooted and unsettled: Evacuated residents long to return home

While not all northern Israel towns and settlements have been evacuated, residents across the region feel unsettled and uneasy as they struggle to accept what’s become the new normal.

 A CONVOY of APCs makes its way to the border with Lebanon, in Nahariya, on October 10.

From Re’im to Eilat to Tel Aviv: Rebuilding lives after the October 7 massacre

Short-term and long-term psychological services and programming from the Education Ministry are being opened up to the kibbutz evacuees, as well as tuition-free education for their kids.

People visit the site of the Nova music festival massacre, in Re'im, near the Israeli-Gaza border, December 31, 2023

Israel's unprecedented challenges: Returning civilians to the borders

To bring security, Israel will need to be able to show that it can bring back some residents. After some of them return, more will follow.

 IDF PATROLS along the Gaza border fence, in the South, December 27, 2023.

Mayor of Sderot calls for evacuated residents to return home

Mayor Alon Davidi brought up a plan that should allow for "resettlement" in the country by paying grants to all residents who agree to leave their hotels and return to the city voluntarily.

 SDEROT MAYOR Alon Davidi at the scene of rocket damage, Oct. 24.

October 7 devastated Israel, but philanthropy can help heal it - opinion

A long and difficult road must be taken to heal the shattered lives of the October 7 massacre survivors and to address their social, emotional, economic, healthcare, and community needs. 

 Homes are destroyed, following the deadly October 7 attack by Hamas terrorists from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, southern Israel November 2, 2023

Jerusalem's superhero: Meet the man bringing comics to evacuees, lone soldiers

Whether it’s bringing comics and teddy bears to evacuees in Jerusalem or geek culture literature to the Israeli public, Arye Dobuler is using his organizational superpowers for good.

 NOT ALL heroes wear capes: Jerusalemite Arye Dobuler is seen with his huge collection of comic books and sci-fi/fantasy novels available for affordable purchase in the German Colony.

Israel-Hamas war: Jerusalem restaurants chip in for war effort

After the October 7 massacre, hundreds of thousands of people needed help. Before the authorities could help, Israeli restaurants stepped up to do what they do best: Provide food.

 PURCHASE FRESH Western Negev produce on Thursday afternoons in the Hansen House courtyard.

DJ Raphi and evacuee children help to bring light in times of darkness

DJ Raphi contacted the Sderot municipality and got permission to organize this uplifting moment for the evacuee children from Southern Israel.

 DJ RAPHI (center) is known around the globe for his dance video tutorials.