National Insurance data – State of war

A personal contact was established with 98% of the wounded and 99% of the families of the fatal casualties. Over 2,700 mentally injured following the disaster

• From the beginning of the war, the National Insurance treats 13,544 wounded (civilians and not security forces), and direct contact is made with 13,252 (98%) of them. Many of the wounded were added due to mental health issues caused by the disaster on Saturday 7/10/23.
• In addition, there are about 709 fatal casualties and direct contact is made with 703 (99%) of them.
• As part of the National Insurance treatment of civilian terror victims – there are 199 hostages, 171 of them Israeli hostages and28 of them foreign worker hostages. In addition, there are 40 missing persons, of whom 28 are foreign workers (it should be noted that every day the data changes due to new information, identification of casualties, etc.).
• Of the 13,544 wounded civilians in the war – there are 86 seriously wounded, 261 moderately wounded, 2,219 in light condition and 2,786 injured mentally/in shock.
• Also, 4,859 of the wounded are 'first line evacuees' – who experienced the disaster in the settlements on 7/10 and 1,345 of the Nova party participants who experienced various mental and physical injuries. There are other wounded who suffered from heart attacks, unconsciousness and more.

• Of the 13,544 wounded – 7,026 men and 6,518 women
• Of the 709 fatal casualties – 441 men were murdered and 268 women.
• The settlements with the largest number of wounded are: Ein HaBesor, Zikim, Beeri, Ashkelon, Gevim, Erez and many hundreds of other wounded in the disaster – Benir Yitzhak, Magen, Kfar Aza, Re'im, Miflassim, Nahal Oz, Netiv Ha'Asra, Tel Aviv, Kisufim, Ein HaShlosha and more.
• As for the number of casualties, the settlements that have lost many of their sons and daughters are: Bari, Kfar Aza, Ofakim, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Rishon LeZion, Nir Oz, Beer Sheva, Ashkelon, Sderot, Jerusalem and Holon. In addition, in many settlements, the loss, relative to the number of residents, is large and very painful, such as Nativ Ha'Asara, Holit, Kisufim and more.  
• As noted, the damages and data are expected to change over time due to the great difficulty of the disaster in the south and the continuation of the fighting.
• To date, the National Insurance has transferred over NIS 36 million in advance payments and payments as initial assistance to the wounded, the families of casualties and the families of the hostages and missing.
• As mentioned, next week, extensive legislation is expected to be passed for the families of hostages and missing persons, which will prescribe the possibility to include and provide an economic envelope for children and siblings over the age of 21, as well as an additional payment of tens of thousands of NIS for a spouse, parents or in exceptional cases for other family members/body handling the return of a hostage on behalf of the family.