After Oct. 7, a Children’s Care Center Pivots to Cope With Casualties of War

RAMAT GAN—Wounded in Gaza battle, Capt. Itamar Shapira faced six surgeries and a long recovery.  True, he was in one of the world’s best hospitals. But it’s not just about medical care.  Soldiers go through long nights, plagued by pain and also dreams or torment about what they underwent, he told The Epoch Times. “So they need their families with them,” he said.  His was close by, supported by a charity normally helping families of cancer-stricken children.  Rachashei Lev—its name means “Whispers of the Heart”—found itself thrust into war by Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre.  “I understood I could not sit in my chair and wait for the state,” its CEO, Shimi Geshayed, told The Epoch Times through a translator. ...