Average age is 85.5, with over 1,000 over age 100; social equality minister notes urgency in providing assistance as some 40 survivors die each day

With roughly 1 in 3 living in poverty and not enough government help, many are dependent on food donations; pandemic and rising cost of living making the problem worse

Social Equality Ministry says 15,324 survivors died in 2021, a daily average of 42 fatalities — many of them victims of the coronavirus pandemic

Report says lack of Hebrew literacy or knowledge of eligibility among reasons many survivors find themselves without financial aid

Units without exemptions will no longer receive furniture or renovation budgets, and will start paying rent and tax on buildings in the capital, even if they are empty

Proposal must now head to the Knesset, where it is scheduled to pass along with the budget early next month; NIS 2.4 billion to be allocated to combat crime wave in Arab cities

Some 3,700 survivors to receive an additional 100 euros per month, while those suffering from dementia or Alzheimer’s will also get another 500 euros annually

No details of program immediately available; PM says patience running out for the unvaccinated; cabinet backs proposal for classmates of infected kids to avoid automatic quarantine

FM Lapid says Jerusalem will review 2018 joint statement on Holocaust remembrance; Knesset speaker cancels plans to form inter-parliamentary friendship group

Limited data not enough to draw conclusions on booster's effectiveness; ministers said to fight over potential lockdown, restriction exemption for shuls