My Elhanan was perfectly healthy. He was a perfect husband, father, and grandfather!

Elhanan was a fighter who dedicated his entire life, 28 years of his life, to the sacred mission of identifying the deceased in the IDF Rabbinate.

After Operation Protective Edge, his PTSD took over our lives, particularly his. It grew worse and worse.

He could not find himself, could not find peace, could not find rest. Three times he asked to end his life, with a clear mind.

He said he could no longer bear it, that he had no strength left, and that he couldn’t explain his pain.

It was an internal pain, inside his soul, and he couldn't deal with it.

And yet, despite all the pain, he continued his holy work — identifying every body, so that they would have a Jewish burial.

That their parents and family would have a grave to visit.

He always said: “I cannot leave them alone. I just can’t. I want every fighter to have a Jewish burial.”

When he spoke in the Knesset, he asked for just one thing. He cried out:

“Give us a chance. Believe in us. We don’t want to be invisible. We want to live. We want help!”

Then, at the most unexpected moment, his heart simply stopped. It stopped from the pain.

It happened after he returned once again from identifying the deceased following October 7, after all the sights he had seen.

He came home and said: “I can’t anymore.”

And his heart fell silent forever.

Today I carry on his will, his struggle, and his legacy.

I founded a foundation to help fighters and their families:

The Elhanan Yones Foundation

Before it is too late.

Every day we hear of more soldiers and fighters who could not bear it and ended their lives.

What do we do?

1. We provide financial support for psychological treatment, psychotherapy, and all forms of therapy, for everyone who needs it.

2. We refer soldiers to therapists who are exactly suited to their situation.

3. We support not only the soldiers but also their families throughout the process.

I know firsthand what it means to be a PTSD family.

A family who needs to walk on eggshells, while the children at home are crushed by pain, and can’t understand what happened to their father.

We review every request we receive personally.

Without delays or unnecessary bureaucracy.

Without delays or unnecessary bureaucracy.

The wife and family also receive support.

We ask for your help. This can be stopped in time.

We may not cure, but we can ease the pain and help.

We have the right tools and the right professionals.

Each patient can even bring their own therapist, and we help cover the costs.

Funding is for every session:

Psychological, psychotherapy, or any other therapy as recommended by the doctors

Each session costs NIS 360-700.

But it can save lives.

It can restore hope to an entire family!

I ask for your help not because this story is sad.

But because it works.

It truly works.

Elhanan received treatment, and that is why he held on for 11 years. With terrible difficulties, but with therapy.

Yes, there were ups and downs, but he held on.

But I see many soldiers, particularly young ones, who catch PTSD early and they return to life.

So please, help me help them.

Join me - I beg you.

Every donation, large or small, brings

Another soldier to therapy

And another family to another day of peace and tranquility.

With gratitude and respect,

Rachel Yones-Brosh

Elhanan’s widow

Director of the Elhanan Yones Foundation