IDF Disabled Veterans Warn Budget Deal Leaves Rehab Out

At 02:00 IDT on July 3, the IDF Disabled Veterans Organization warned the new defense-budget deal leaves increased funding for disabled-veteran treatment outside the package. The Finance and Defense ministries reached understandings after a roughly NIS 40 billion gap, with Defense seeking a NIS 183-188 billion framework that included rehabilitation reform. The warning points to the Mor-Yosef committee, whose official mandate calls for personal case managers, expanded mental-health care, a stronger rehabilitation structure and major new funding as Israel heads toward 100,000 wounded treated by 2028. Israel's obligation is straightforward: soldiers who carry the wounds of defending the Jewish state must see promises become budgets and care.