Published: 26 February 2021
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Israel formally 'expresses sorrow' for disappearance of Yemenite children 70 years on, to pay reparations to families (Haaretz)
The historic decision grants 162 million shekels for the families of 1,000 children who went missing in the state’s early years, but activists say a more comprehensive plan is needed
Families of disappeared Yemenite children demand state open secret files (Times of Israel)
Relatives decry ‘hush money,’ say they just want the truth, after cabinet approves NIS 162 million settlement over kids who vanished after arriving in the country in 1950s
Israel will compensate families of missing children (Ynet)
Ministers recognise disappearance of over 1,000 children while families were told by officials they had died without ever providing proof in state's early years; PM dubs saga as 'most painful chapter in country's history'
Photo: Israelis protest as they mark a memorial and awareness day of the Yemenite Children Affair in Jerusalem on July 31, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
