{"id":17226,"date":"2025-05-09T17:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T17:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=17226"},"modified":"2025-05-09T17:57:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T17:57:00","slug":"suicide-crisis-deepens-in-israeli-army-gaza-war-leaves-psychological-scars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/05\/09\/suicide-crisis-deepens-in-israeli-army-gaza-war-leaves-psychological-scars\/","title":{"rendered":"Suicide Crisis Deepens in Israeli Army: Gaza War Leaves Psychological Scars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-The suicide crisis within the Israeli army has escalated from isolated incidents to a shocking phenomenon. In 2024 alone, 21 soldiers took their own lives, most of them reservists who participated in the war on Gaza, according to a report by the Hebrew outlet \u201cShomrim.\u201d The report described the figure as the highest in over a decade, despite attempts by the Israeli military establishment to downplay the scope of the disaster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"941\" data-end=\"1294\">Military leadership claimed the number is \u201cnot high\u201d in proportion to the \u201cdoubling of enlisted soldiers.\u201d However, psychological experts and former officials have warned of an even more dangerous wave ahead, describing returning Gaza war soldiers as \u201cticking time bombs\u201d suffering from severe psychological disorders and post-traumatic stress symptoms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1296\" data-end=\"1686\">Families of some of the deceased <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2024\/07\/16\/israeli-soldiers-suicide-after-gaza-combat-sparks-controversy\/\">soldiers<\/a> revealed that their sons returned from Gaza like shadows\u2014quiet, plagued by nightmares and sudden screaming, sometimes disappearing for hours without explanation. Meanwhile, the Israeli military continues to ignore these warnings, offering only vague references to \u201cassessment standards\u201d with no real steps toward mental health treatment or support.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ar\">&#8220;\u0627\u0644\u0627\u0646\u062a\u0640&amp;\u0640\u062d\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u062d\u0635\u062f\u0647\u0645 \u0643\u0645\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0640*\u0640\u0642\u0627\u0648&amp;\u0645\u0629&#8221;.. \u0628\u064a\u0646\u0645\u0627 \u064a\u064f\u0633\u0648\u0651\u0642 \u0646\u0641\u0633\u0647 \u0643\u0640&#8221;\u062c\u064a\u0634 \u0644\u0627 \u064a\u064f\u0642\u0647\u0631&#8221;\u060c \u064a\u062a\u0622\u0643\u0644 \u062c\u064a\u0634 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062d\u0640\u0640 \u0640\u062a\u0640\u0644\u0627\u0644 \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0627\u062e\u0644 \u0628\u0635\u0645\u062a.. \u0628\u0643\u0627\u0621 \u062f\u0627\u0626\u0645\u060c \u0635\u0631\u0627\u062e \u0645\u0641\u0627\u062c\u0626\u060c \u0648\u0639\u064a\u0648\u0646 \u062a\u0631\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0648\u0627\u0628\u064a\u0633 \u062d\u062a\u0649 \u0641\u064a \u0648\u0636\u062d \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0647\u0627\u0631.. \u0623\u0633\u0631 \u062a\u062a\u062d\u062f\u062b \u0639\u0646 \u0623\u0628\u0646\u0627\u0626\u0647\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0630\u064a\u0646 \u0639\u0627\u062f\u0648\u0627 \u0623\u0634\u0628\u0627\u062d\u064b\u0627 \u0645\u0646 \u063a\u0640*\u0640\u0632&amp;\u0629. &#8220;\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u062c\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0628\u0631\u0649 \u0642\u0627\u062f\u0645\u0629&#8221; \u064a\u0642\u0648\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062e\u062a\u0635\u0648\u0646\u060c \u0641\u0627\u0644\u0635\u062f\u0645\u0627\u062a\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7YIKYW7Nge\">pic.twitter.com\/7YIKYW7Nge<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0648\u0637\u0646. \u064a\u063a\u0631\u062f \u062e\u0627\u0631\u062c \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0631\u0628 (@watanserb_news) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/watanserb_news\/status\/1920565091776503972?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1688\" data-end=\"1991\">With the war on Gaza intensifying and thousands of soldiers reintegrating into civilian life without psychological rehabilitation, observers warn the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2023\/12\/28\/alarming-surge-in-suicide-rates-and-mental-health-issues-in-israel\/\">suicide<\/a> crisis in the Israeli army will likely worsen in the coming months, with potentially serious consequences for the army\u2019s structure and readiness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1993\" data-end=\"2191\">\u201cAn invincible army?\u201d\u2014a phrase long promoted by Israel\u2014is now collapsing under a grim reality of silence, mental breakdowns, and voluntary deaths that strike its soldiers far from the battlefield.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-The suicide crisis within the Israeli army has escalated from isolated incidents to a shocking phenomenon. In 2024 alone, 21 soldiers took their own lives, most of them reservists who participated in the war on Gaza, according to a report by the Hebrew outlet \u201cShomrim.\u201d The report described the figure as the highest in over &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1118,700,2524],"class_list":["post-17226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-gaza-war","tag-israeli-army","tag-suicide"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Suicide Crisis Deepens in Israeli Army: Gaza War Leaves Psychological Scars - Watan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A record 21 Israeli soldiers, mostly Gaza war reservists, died by suicide in 2024. 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