Sagit Bachner
Organizational consultant and co-founder of the Forum of Reservists’ Wives.
Recipient of the Israel Hayom Award and the Courage and Valor Award for 2025, for her groundbreaking work on behalf of reservist families and the promotion of social values during a time of deep national turmoil.
“On the Black Saturday - October 7 - my world changed. The emergency call-up order arrived, and Matan left for reserve duty.
I stayed home with our three sons, surrounded by fear and worry - yet with one clear decision: to be strong.
Not only as the wife of a reservist, but as a mother, an independent woman, and a social leader.”
In the photo: Uzi Armoni, who copes with post-trauma from combat experience, repairs the “Woman of Valor” dress he created, while I stand at the heart of our home.
At that very moment, Matan walks through the door - between the battlefield and the home, between two worlds - the essence of our lives over the past two years.

Photographer: Pini Siluk