{"id":26056,"date":"2025-06-08T14:00:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T11:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=26056"},"modified":"2025-06-08T12:14:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T09:14:34","slug":"new-support-program-launched-for-families-of-hostages-and-terror-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/new-support-program-launched-for-families-of-hostages-and-terror-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"New Support Program Launched for Families of Hostages and Terror Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new national support program, titled \u201cFamily Circle\u201d, has been launched to assist the extended families of fallen soldiers, hostages, and survivors of terrorism in the wake of the October 7 attacks. Over the next three years, the initiative aims to provide therapeutic services to approximately 6,000 individuals from what officials call the \u201csecond and third circles\u201d of affected families.<\/p>\n<p>These include siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and in-laws\u2014loved ones who often carry the emotional weight of support but are not formally recognized as victims of terror.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Focused on the Invisible Victims<\/strong><br \/>\nWhile many extended family members continue with daily responsibilities, they often do so while suppressing their own emotional trauma. The \u201cFamily Circle\u201d program seeks to acknowledge and serve this overlooked group with customized mental health and resilience services.<\/p>\n<p>Funded by a coalition of government and nonprofit entities\u2014including the Jewish Agency\u2019s Fund for Victims of Terror, the National Insurance Institute, and the Ministry of Welfare and Social Affairs\u2014the initiative has a total budget of 14 million shekels.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26058\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26058\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/victims-of-terror-2.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/victims-of-terror-2.webp 2560w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/victims-of-terror-2-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/victims-of-terror-2-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/victims-of-terror-2-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/victims-of-terror-2-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/victims-of-terror-2-2048x1366.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26058\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another moment of quiet remembrance | Photo: Yonatan Sindel \/ Flash90<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Comprehensive Treatment to Begin in Late 2025<\/strong><br \/>\nA call for proposals has already been issued to identify professional organizations that will run the program. Planned services include: body\u2013mind therapies, group dyadic sessions, and family interventions. Additionally, grief processing workshops, and coping-skills development will be implemented. <\/p>\n<p>The first treatment groups are expected to launch in the second half of 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Response to a Widening Circle of Grief<\/strong><br \/>\nAyelet Nahmias-Verbin, Chair of the Jewish Agency\u2019s Fund for Victims of Terror, explained that the program builds on earlier support models: \u201cSince October 7, we\u2019ve assisted around 15,000 individuals\u2014about 6,000 of them through group therapy designed specifically for the \u2018invisible victims\u2019 in the wider family circle. Early in the war, we recognized the need to expand our support far beyond the immediate family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Welfare Minister Yaakov Margi echoed this sentiment: \u201cThe harsh new reality requires a broader view of who has been affected. The extended family\u2014siblings, grandparents, uncles\u2014often carry a heavy emotional burden but are excluded from formal assistance frameworks. This program is here to reach them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Group therapy and emotional resilience training to help thousands affected since October 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":26057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,88],"tags":[6526,6525,1482,4236,1599,2895,6527],"class_list":["post-26056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idf","category-will-remember","tag-family-circle-program","tag-grief-support","tag-hostages","tag-idf-soldiers","tag-jewish-agency","tag-terror-victims","tag-welfare-ministry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Support Program Launched for Families of Hostages and Terror Victims - REGA news<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Support Program Launched for Families of Hostages and Terror Victims\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Group therapy and emotional resilience training to help thousands affected since October 7.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/new-support-program-launched-for-families-of-hostages-and-terror-victims\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"REGA news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-08T11:00:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/victims-of-terror.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1366\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"By Rega News Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"By Rega News Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/new-support-program-launched-for-families-of-hostages-and-terror-victims\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/new-support-program-launched-for-families-of-hostages-and-terror-victims\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"By Rega News Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/3f9b86ab4cc807acf1c0839b1f1ac2ce\"},\"headline\":\"New Support Program Launched for Families of Hostages and Terror Victims\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-08T11:00:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/new-support-program-launched-for-families-of-hostages-and-terror-victims\/\"},\"wordCount\":371,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/new-support-program-launched-for-families-of-hostages-and-terror-victims\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/victims-of-terror.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"Family Circle Program\",\"Grief Support\",\"Hostages\",\"IDF Soldiers\",\"Jewish Agency\",\"Terror Victims\",\"Welfare Ministry\"],\"articleSection\":[\"IDF\",\"REMEMBERING\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/new-support-program-launched-for-families-of-hostages-and-terror-victims\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/new-support-program-launched-for-families-of-hostages-and-terror-victims\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/new-support-program-launched-for-families-of-hostages-and-terror-victims\/\",\"name\":\"New Support Program Launched for Families of Hostages and Terror Victims - 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