Roughly two million people, including 880,000 children and 150,000 elderly citizens, were living below the poverty line in Israel in 2024, according to the annual National Insurance report published on Friday.

Making up 21 percent of the population, the figure marks an increase of 0.3% from 2023. The rate of children living in poverty stands  at 28%, slightly worse than the 27.9% recorded a year earlier.

KAN's Mark Weiss  spoke with Becky Cohen-Keshet from the Forum for Fighting Poverty.

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