Israel’s Bedouin community in the south has been affected by the war, just like their Jewish neighbors. Missiles and terrorists killed several, and some were taken hostage to Gaza. Following the October 7th attack, the Jewish-Arab Civil War Room, a first-of-its-kind initiative, was opened in Rahat to help Jewish and Arab families recover. The War Room was established by the organizations “Have You Seen the Horizon Lately?,” “Itach – Lawyers for Social Justice,” “Alnashmiat – Women’s Leadership in the Unrecognized Villages,” “Kochavei Hamidbar – for the Advancement of Young Bedouin Leadership,” and the Rahat community center. The War Room works purely on Jewish-Arab cooperation: donations are collected from Arabs and Jews, volunteers come from both societies, and aid is given to both Jewish and Arab families.