An Israeli Center for Handicapped Children Shifted Gears After Oct. 7

Published on June 20, 2024

OFAKIM, Israel—The only rehab center in southern Israel faced a new reality on Oct. 7, 2023, as did the entire country. Focused on the care of the severely handicapped, it faced sudden demand for its two regular rehab wings. Soldiers wounded that day and in the subsequent war often came from Israel’s southern-based battalions and lived in the area. They might have been rushed to hospitals up north for trauma care and surgery. But they wanted their rehab closer to home. ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran stepped up what it could offer them. Soldier rehab, said the center’s development director Elie Klein, proceeds with a certain goal because that’s what the soldiers want: helping them regain the use of arms and legs so they can rejoin their units and fight. Of about 30 soldiers there, at least two are close to that....

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