Almost a month after the inferno: The National Insurance Institute announced Thursday that anyone who attended Nova and Seydek parties and managed to escape the Hamas attack on the compound will be entitled to initial aid in the amount of NIS 5000,<>.
Over the past week, the National Insurance Institute has initiated 2 Zoom meetings with thousands of party attendees. They also contacted thousands of party attendees by phone to answer to find out what they needed help with and where they wanted their insurance compensation deposited.
Chaos: Footage from the Nova party near Kibbutz Reim
From the joint dialogue with the victims, a number of issues emerged that are unique to the party participants, which do not relate to the victims of the other attacks on the home front. Among the issues raised: the issue of the eligibility of civilians who worked at the party, the rights of party participants recruited under Order 8, the status of soldiers in regular service who were at the party, the difficulty in returning to work due to their mental state, and the issue of recognizing emotional injury as a hostile injury.
Representatives of the National Insurance Institute informed the party participants that in the initial stage, anyone who was present at the parties and managed to escape the attack on the compound would be entitled to initial assistance in the amount of NIS 5000,<>. In addition, in the next two months, thousands of shekels in assistance will be provided to the victims, out of the perception and recognition that in the period close to the disaster, it is important to provide support and healing in order to return to routine, as much as possible.
The aftermath of the massacre at a party in Re'im, photo: AFP
It was also emphasized that for those of them who will remain damaged or injured mentally or physically in the long term, they will determine percentages of disability as necessary and an individual rehabilitation package within the framework of the treatment of terror victims prescribed by law.
Yarona Shalom, Acting Director General of the National Insurance Institute: "The disaster that has befallen the country is unprecedented in Israel. The National Insurance Institute, which treats terror victims all year round, understood that the trauma of Saturday, October 7, 10 affected different populations, differently, and that the responses, discourse and access to them should be adapted as much as possible. The party participants are young people who came to 'celebrate life' and we would like to ensure their return to routine and therefore emphasize the importance of reaching the resilience centers, especially close to the event."
The hotline established by the National Insurance Institute for party survivors – 02-6269999. To the Resilience Center - *5486.
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