The government announced Thursday that it approved overnight a sweeping overhaul of the rehabilitation system for wounded IDF soldiers and security personnel, adopting recommendations made by a public committee last month amid warnings that the existing system could collapse under the growing number of casualties since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, onslaught.

The reform will transform the Defense Ministry’s Rehabilitation Department into a national authority with expanded staffing, funding and independence, while cutting red tape, introducing artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies, and expanding rehabilitation and mental health services.

Every wounded veteran will be assigned a dedicated case manager to coordinate treatment and benefits, eligibility procedures will be streamlined, family members will receive expanded psychological support, and a new automated system will proactively update veterans’ benefits.

“The plan we approved will provide them with a broad and comprehensive support system,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said of the overhaul.

“Our wounded soldiers went into battle to defend the country, and we are fighting for........

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