Data on casualties


Two other civilians died from their injuries in the hospital and thus the number of casualties in the war among civilians rose to 790.

  • Since the beginning of the Iron Swords war, the number of civilian casualties (not security forces), whose families are under the care of the National Insurance is 790, after 2 civilians died in hospitals yesterday.
  • Among the 790 casualties – there are 508 men and 282 women.
  • 725 Israeli citizens (449 men and 276 women) and 65 foreign workers (59 men and 6 women).
  • Among the fatal casualties was also recognized the fetus of a seriously injured woman whose fetus did not survive, as well as 37 children (aged from 0 to 17), including only 3 children aged up to 4 and 3 children aged 5.

There are many casualties that were murdered in their 20s:

  • 5 casualties aged 20
  • 16 casualties aged 21
  • 38 casualties aged 22
  • 54 casualties aged 23
  • 52 casualties aged 24
  • 35 casualties aged 25
  • 38 casualties aged 26
  • 29 casualties aged 27
  • 31 casualties aged 28
  • 17 casualties aged 29


As mentioned, the National Insurance receives the list of casualties from the Israel Police after identification and notification to the family.
In the initial stage, the National Insurance finances "mourning expenses" (widowing, burial), assistance in maintaining the burial place and the tombstone, psychological and mental treatments as well as complementary medicine such as hydrotherapy and more. In addition, the National Insurance assists in transportation to a funeral, bringing relatives from abroad, participating in the purchase of a burial plot and more.

After this stage, the Hostile Actions Division and Rehabilitation Division of the National Insurance will accompany the families through economic and professional rehabilitation, help if necessary with benefits in the field of housing, automobile and mobility, financing on medical issues, various grants, etc.  

Later, the Hostile Actions Division and the Rehabilitation Division of the National Insurance will provide counseling and mental health services to the wounded and families, complementary medicine, housing benefits, assistance in financing medical devices, medical consultations, financing surgeries, etc., as well as various grants.

The above data was added another name: Eden Zechariah, who was taken hostage at the party and murdered.


Yarona Shalom, Acting Director General of the National Insurance: "Every person is a whole world, the number of people killed in the Iron Swords war is the largest we ever knew. Every casualty has a wonderful family, a whole life cut short with one blow. The National Insurance and its employees regard it as a moral and ethical mission, certainly at this time, in accompanying the families from now on, and later to try to alleviate the difficult and heavy mourning. Unfortunately, every day the lists are updated and attest to the magnitude of the disaster that has befallen us. We will continue to assist as much as possible in order to support the families and preserve the memory of the murdered victims.