“We are orphans. There is no such thing as half an orphan. We need help and no one is giving it to us,” says Noam Ben Ami.
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“We were abandoned by the Israeli government on Oct. 7, and we continue to be abandoned to this day,” says orphan Noam Ben Ami, whose mother was murdered in Kibbutz Be’eri.
A group of approximately 60 Israelis who lost their remaining parent during the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led terrorist onslaught have found themselves in a legal void, unable to receive state compensation despite becoming full orphans on that horrific day.
