Supporting the family of Illan Moshe Yaakov

supporting the family of Illan Moshe Yaakov

Illan Moshe Yaakov, was brutally murdered by Hamas terrorists during the Nova festival on October 7. Since then, the entire family's world have turned upside down.

The government is supporting mainly the parents, but there is not much support for the siblings who are also trying to move pass that tragedy.

Since the support from the government is so minimal,we are hoping this fundraiser will help fill in the gap for us.

The funds are going towards mental health care for Illan's siblings, which the government is willing to help only with the use of specific providers which are not used by us,

and towards bills since his sister, Neta, is not able to work, yet has to provide for her two kids.

Here are a few words Neta, his sister, has described about her loss:

We, the siblings, feel overlooked.

After weeks and days with no news about our brother’s whereabouts

as a member of 10/7 missing person’s list, our worst nightmare became reality -

He was murdered by Hamas.

And then, rather than being able to grieve his death, we are expected to

go back to our normal life and work as if nothing ever happened.

On top of that, we, the siblings, have experienced a second loss - the lose

of who our parents were pre-October 7.

While we try to process the grief , we are also tasked with helping our parents

manage life without their son or daughter. There is nowhere for us to get some sort of comfort and strength.

All of our attention goes to taking care of our parents, while we feel that our pain

is being overlooked.

How is it possible we are not getting mental health care?

How could it be that we are not getting some sort of allowance from the government?

How could you possibly think we can go back to our normal life pre-October 7?

It is not possible.

The old normal is never going to revive again. Rather, we are tasked with impossible

Mission to find a new normal.

All of our finances and emotional resources are going towards our parents,

Who truly need it, but what about us?