IDF's Casualty Treatment Unit

Meet the brave men and women of the IDF's Casualty Treatment Unit, tasked with preserving the dignity of the dead. 

Since Oct. 7, more than 150 brave soldiers, rabbis, doctors, dentists, officers, investigators, and military personnel have been working day and night dealing with the unspeakable horrors committed against Israeli civilians and soldiers when Hamas terrorists infiltrated Israeli soil on that Shabbat HaShakor (Black Shabbat).

By adopting these heroes, you will support, strengthen, and assist them through therapeutic training sessions as they recover from the unimaginable atrocities, seeing bodies decimated, desecrated, defamed, and forced to determine deaths according to Jewish law and tradition. 

Your support assists in the well-being of this unit (Machane Shura), giving them the necessary rest, recovery, and tools they need to work through the pain and trauma of their roles to process and heal at a therapeutic training retreat. Trained professionals will accompany them, offering solace and support as they navigate these distressing challenges and traumas together with other members of their unit.

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Learn More About This Special IDF Unit

Since Oct. 7, the Casualty Treatment unit of the IDF (Machane Shura) has been drenched in the horrors of death. It is unbearable. They are continuously receiving bodies. Bodies that have been heavily mutilated, babies murdered, young people butchered, bodies cut in half, women with broken pelvises having suffered from multiple rapes, blood everywhere, and the look of terror on the faces of the bodies that arrive at the base is simply unforgettable. 

While Hamas showed no honor in life, the men and women of the Casualty Treatment unit of the IDF continue to show the victims love and gentleness even in death. They work tirelessly to identify individuals and preserve their dignity. They stare death in the face as questions arise. They cope daily with the physical, mental and psychological effects of the sights they experience. Honoring human beings with the utmost delicacy as people created in the image of G-d and according to Halacha is their primary objective.

Machane Shura is the base for processing thousands of bodies for accurate identification of the fallen. The Casualty Treatment Unit of the IDF is the army unit of the Israeli Rabbinate forced to deal with the complexities of determining death. The unit is comprised of reservists who hold different jobs and roles in their day-to-day lives. On that fateful Shabbat, they were immediately called up, and pulled away from their homes, Shabbat tables, synagogues, family holidays, and more, working tirelessly to ensure soldiers and civilians are respected and honored even in death. This includes providing family members with the respect and relief to say goodbye to their loved ones and fulfilling proper burial and Shiva customs. 

Since Oct. 7, this unit has faced new challenges, Halachic rulings that had not been active for centuries. Forced to address the issue of cars where Israelis had been shot to death, missing body parts, mutilation and ensuring blood, bone and tendon are collected for burial as a whole intensifies the complexities. This is only a glimpse of what the unit faces. 

This dedicated unit persists with humility, commitment and perseverance and we are proud of them as they honor and respect the dead.

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