Some 2.3 million Israelis, including over one million children and accounting for 26.5 percent of the entire population, live below the poverty line, according to Latet’s 2018 Alternative Poverty Report published Thursday.
The report found that a majority of welfare recipients, almost 53%, said they frequently or occasionally lacked sufficient food at home during the past year, compared to only 5.8% of the wider population.
A total of 77.5% said they did not have sufficient finances to purchase food to provide balanced meals, compared to 17.4% of Israeli society.
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