Orphans

Islamic regime left at least 222 children orphaned with drug-related executions in 2025

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime should pause cooperation with the Islamic regime over drug-related executions, according to a newly published Harm Reduction International report.

Protesters display a banner calling for a halt to executions in Iran during a rally in Berlin, Germany, on January 10, 2026, in support of the Iran protests.
 AVIGAYIL, THE WIDOW, holds the baby at the brit.

The war returns. The grief never left

The presentation of the Sunflower report in the Knesset

Israel’s annual Orphanhood Report indicates a deterioration in orphans’ mental well-being

Defense Minister Israel Katz speaks during an IDF swearing-in ceremony for the new Military Advocate-General Itai Offir, November 27, 2025

Knesset to pass increased benefits for orphans of IDF soldiers, Katz announces


After the sirens fade, the children remain

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Israeli Celebrities Unite to Support the War Orphans

As part of Orphanhood Awareness Week, Sunflowers — Israel’s largest nonprofit for bereaved children — partnered with chef Haim Cohen to launch a campaign for Israel’s orphans

Hadar Kess, founder and CEO of Sunflowers

Foster family or residential care system? US study informs Israeli org. on how to care for orphans

Children placed in foster family care are more likely to acquire better academic outcomes than those who were not, mainly because of receiving developmental and preventative care.

 THE FOSTER families provide loving, stable homes for children to recover from difficult situations (Illustrative).

Forty-eight IDF orphans mark bnei mitzvah at Western Wall

Forty-eight children who lost a parent in IDF service marked their bnei mitzvah at the Western Wall in a ceremony of unity and remembrance.

An IDF orphan, wearing a beret from the Nachal Brigade, celebrating his bar mitzvah at the Kotel in Jerusalem, October 20, 2025.

First they lost their husbands - then their homes were hit by Iranian missiles

Supported by IDFWO, these women face down a second tragedy with strength, sorrow, and a deep sense of purpose.

Rotem Blohman with her husband Yakir, z”l and children Koren and Imri.

A New Dawn for Israel’s War Orphans

Sunflowers Opens Five Healing Centers in the South

 Group session at one of the Sunflowers centers

Bereaved children from Israel-Hamas War find comfort at Koby Mandell Camp

The Koby Mandell Foundation provides emotional support, summer camps, workshops, and enrichment activities for bereaved children and their families.

Photos show participants in the camp.

Strength meets sea: IDF orphans, Olympic athletes unite for inspirational day in Eilat

Bereaved children joined Olympic athletes in Eilat for a day of strength, sport, and healing, part of the annual “Otzma” camp initiative.

 Israeli Olympians Daniela Peleg and Yuval Freilich at this week's event in Eilat

123 orphan boys celebrate their Bar Mitzvah at the Western Wall

The war has left hundreds of Israeli families bereaved, and thousands of children facing life without their fathers. This year’s Colel Chabad Bar Mitzvah carried extra weight for boys who lost it all

The Annual Colel Chabad Bar Mitzvah commemoration for orphan boys

Israel amends financial support package for guardians of children orphaned in terror attacks

Support packages will be dependent on the number of orphans cared for per household, their ages, as well as the number of guardians caring for them.

 Abigail Idan, who was released after being taken hostage during the October 7 attack on Israel by the terrorist group Hamas, smiles on the lap of her aunt Liron at Schneider Children's Medical Center, November 27, 2023.