Diana is married with five children.

Until October 8, the family lived in a settlement in southern Israel.

Although they are not officially recognized as state evacuees, the constant sounds of war severely impacted their quality of life, especially for their children, prompting them to leave the area.

They rented an apartment in a much quieter neighborhood in Jerusalem, which was challenging due to the high cost of living compared to their previous home.

Despite the expense, they decided to stay and signed a lease for another year so the children, who are already enrolled in local schools, could continue to settle into their new home and community.

They needed assistance with both rent and furniture for their apartment, and HaTikva Project was happy to support them with some of these expenses

Diana is married with five children. Until October 8, the family lived in a settlement in southern Israel.

Following the outbreak of the October 7th war, Israel rapidly mobilized tens of thousands of reserve soldiers and abruptly thrust them into combat with a depraved enemy.

The Willams Family | Blog | HaTikva Project

Magdalena is a 26-year-old single woman who lived in Portugal until she came to Israel last October for a family visit.

She was invited to the Nova Festival in Be'eri, where the mass attack took place on October 7.

She and her partner at the time hid in a vehicle that was hit by bullets and she was injured in her left leg. The two then managed to run and hide under a larger vehicle, but on the way they were exposed to harsh scenes of massacre and kidnappings. They stayed for about 8 hours in hiding until a military force arrived to rescue them.

Since then she has been suffering from early post-traumatic symptoms, she has trouble sleeping and cries a lot.

Before arriving in Israel Magdalena worked as a veterinary nurse. Still, since that massacre, it has been difficult for her to see blood and surgeries, so she lost her job and is now thinking about changing her profession.

She wants to become a therapeutic cycling instructor but doesn’t have the means to pay for the training course.

Thanks to your support, HaTikva Project was able to help her pay for this course so she can try to start to rebuild her life after such a life-changing trauma.

Magdalena is a 26-year-old single woman who lived in Portugal until she came to Israel last October for a family visit.

A New Beginning for Yekaterina and Her Family

Yekaterina (Katerina) Somerov and her husband live in Kibbutz Nahal Oz with their young son. They are a believing family. On October 7, they were in their home when terrorists entered. The couple was in their safe room and their son was in another room. 

Miraculously, the terrorists did not search the rooms they were in. It appears one of them was injured as they found blood all over their house when they were finally safe enough to leave their rooms, which is possibly why they were spared. During the many months they spent evacuated they dreamed of returning to their home but wanted to renovate and renew it so it wouldn’t remind them of what they went through there. 

They wanted to continue with their vision of being a light in the kibbutz without having to relive the trauma of seeing the home that was violated by terrorists and having to relive the horror of what they went through and what they saw when they left their rooms on October 7th. By renovating they can stay in their home and yet have it feel like a new home. HaTikva project was happy to help with this expense.

Yekaterina (Katerina) Somerov and her husband live in Kibbutz Nahal Oz with their young son. They are a believing family. On October 7, they were in their home when terrorists entered. The couple was in their safe room and their son was in another room.

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