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As Israel marks 1,000 days since the Hamas-led October 7 attacks, data cited by Clalit Health Services — Israel's largest healthcare provider — shows 84% of Israeli children exhibited signs of emotional distress by late 2023, with 25,274 officially recognized as victims of hostile acts through the end of 2025.
The Israeli Ministry of Education is deploying approximately $270 million this summer to support roughly 1.12 million students, its largest sustained intervention since the war began.
Trauma Data and Clinical Picture Nufar Bar Lipshatz, a developmental psychologist in the Northern District of Clalit Health Services, drew on a joint study by the Goshen organization and the Israeli Pediatric Association to document the 84% distress rate.
Israel's National Insurance Institute separately recorded the 25,274 child-victim figure covering October 7, 2023, through year-end 2025.
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