Israeli actor Shalom Michaelashvili fulfilled the dreams of two bereaved children, the sons of a fallen Kfar Aza defender, with a surprise journey to the United States for FIFA 2026.

About 170 mothers and children are taking part, making it one of the most extensive American programs assembled for bereaved Israeli families since the conflict began.

Each group is led by currently serving IDF commanders who themselves lost a loved one as children and once participated in the Legacy Program.

Camp Koby, a special Israeli summer program, offers grieving children who lost loved ones in war a rare space to heal, laugh and connect with others who truly understand their pain.

Five months after Rochelle Goldberg lost her husband, Rabbi Avi Goldberg, an IDF Golani soldier, she and her eight children performed a song in his memory at a Passover event for bereaved families.

If the families win, the funds will be distributed among the dozens of plaintiffs, amounting to $2.7 million per family.

'I came here to bow my head before those who fell in the north and those who fell in the south, who stormed into the fire,' Netanyahu says.

Avida Bachar, an October 7th survivor from kibbutz Be'eri, has devoted his life to comforting others. 

The Mifrasim Foundation has started a program to provide bereaved families with the opportunity to heal and connect by sailing together. 

Sgt. Shilo Yosef Amir, 22, was laid to rest at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem. 'Yesterday, even though you could have gone home, you chose to serve,' his commander said in a eulogy.

'You’re my lost boy, but you’re never gone.' Two bereaved mothers will forever mourn their sons, who became victims of terror.

Esti Yaniv called it 'a backward campaign for the people who handed out baklavas after the murder of my children.'

In a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Israelis who have lost loved ones to terror warn that a consulate in Jerusalem for the Palestinians would be a 'complete Trojan horse.'

'Over the past several years, Germany alone has funded 34 political organizations in Israel, all of whom are affiliated with the far-left,' stated a letter to the outgoing chancellor penned by the Choosing Life Forum of Bereaved Families.

'I am certain your fathers see you, are proud and are watching over you. They are happy when you are happy,' Sara Netanyahu told the group.

Two Israelis, orphaned by terror attacks during the Second Intifada, just got married!

'Terror strikes us all without discrimination and without mercy, and we will never surrender to it,' Rivlin stated.

For hundreds of fatherless children and their widowed mothers, Chanukah was just a little brighter this year thanks to Colel Chabad.

What distinguishes the IDF from other armies is a Torah scroll on each base, which strengthens their fighting spirit and reminds them about their values.

Bereaved Israeli families and victims of Palestinian terror announced the creation of an organization to increase deterrence of Palestinian violence.

For the families of fallen Israeli soldiers and terror victims, loss and loneliness are the norm. Yet this past weekend 130 bereaved families gathered together for Shabbat in a Jerusalem hotel to share both grief and comfort in advance of Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s national Memorial Day, on Wednesday.

“Today, the State of Israel is sending a new message on the war on terror and her moral obligation to the bereaved families,” Bennett said.