In the city’s public safe rooms, the mood is oddly uplifting. People play backgammon, entertain children, help each other—the only thing they ask for is more sleep.

Hadassah’s Rehabilitation Clown Project has adapted its techniques to play a key role in helping thousands navigate the horrors they experienced on and since October 7.

Despite facing war related challenges, Hadassah Medical Organization and its staff have made breakthroughs in the study of cancer and virology.

As in earlier conflicts, HMO develops breakthrough techniques and technologies to treat the injured, like surgical robots and 3-D printers.

Dr. Esi Sharon-Sagie has volunteered for the past 15 years with the Israel National Police Division of Identification and Forensic Science identifying both terrorists and their victims.

'It’s an important part of our job to read each mother, to understand her needs and fears,' says Rady Center head midwife Elisheva Levin.

“We’re at the beginning of a collective national trauma whose ramifications will be with us for a generation,” says psychiatrist Dr. Amit Lotan.

Opened ahead of schedule, Hadassah's new state-of-the-art Gandel Rehabilitation Center heals those wounded in Israel's war with Hamas.