Thousands of the frontline city's residents are riding out incessant Hamas artillery, citing faith, defiance -- and lack of better options

Pitchon Lev says request for aid increased by 285%, and average age of those seeking assistance dropped from 67 to 53 in 2022

National Insurance Institute sees slight improvement since last report in 2016, but problem remains severe in Arab community, where insecurity rates hit 42%

Group includes 1.28 million people in 2023; Haredi women increasingly joining workforce while men's numbers stagnate; poverty rate twice as high as in general population

Their homes are dark and in deep disrepair. Elderly shower in cold water in the winter, Holocaust survivors drag buckets of water to broken toilet so they can flush.

As prices soar in wake of Russian invasion, a total of nearly 70% of the world's population are in poverty or vulnerable to it

National Insurance Institute says rate of poor Israelis fell 0.6% to 21%; estimates quality of life rose by 2.4%, whereas without state payouts it would have dropped by 10%

UN commission warns that continuation of pandemic could 'bring the total number of extremely poor Africans to 514 million people'

Charity organization Latet also finds number of households close to the poverty line, experiencing food insecurity and financial distress, rose to nearly 25% since pandemic began

World Inequality Report says 2020 saw steepest increase in global billionaires' share of wealth on record, while 100 million more people fall into extreme poverty