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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 568

attempted suicides

Classmates and teachers of Druze children killed in a deadly missile attack at a soccer field in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, in the Golan Heights, visit the site, August 2, 2024. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
April 6, 2025, 11:46 pm
Over 23,000 children and youth physically or mentally damaged by war – report
Israel Council for the Child unveils extent of loss, against backdrop of increased family violence, sexual abuse, suicide attempts by children aged 9 and younger
By Sue Surkes
Israel Police and Magen David Adom at the scene where a policewoman was seriously injured after being shot by a man in Jerusalem, November 28, 2024. (Israel Police)
November 28, 2024, 10:03 pm
Policewoman shot, seriously injured by mentally ill man barricaded in his home
Emergency services broke down door at shooter’s home after receiving reports that he was suicidal
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of a man who threatened to kill himself in the city of Hadera, September 4, 2023. (X [Twitter]. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 6, 2023, 9:29 am
Defense minister helps talk man out of jumping from balcony in suicide standoff
Yoav Gallant agrees to take call from person who demanded to speak with him while threatening to leap from 6th floor; incident ends without injury
By ToI Staff
Yehuda Meshi Zahav poses for a picture in Jerusalem on January 19, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 22, 2021, 10:43 am
ZAKA founder, an alleged serial rapist, rushed to hospital after suicide attempt
Yehuda Meshi-Zahav tries to hang himself less than 2 months after bombshell reports of allegations against him
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: A lonely man sits on a bench in Jerusalem, May 12, 2013. (Nati Shohat/ Flash90)
November 24, 2020, 5:05 pm
Government debt collector reports sharp rise in suicide threats amid pandemic
Justice official tells Knesset committee 168 debtors in first 10 months of 2020 have warned they’ll take their own lives due to economic hardship, more than past 2 years combined
By ToI Staff
Illustrative picture of a lonely woman. (LSO photo/iStock/Getty images)
July 22, 2020, 4:51 pm
Suicide hotline sees sharp rise in calls amid COVID-19 pandemic
Director of group that operates emergency call center says most callers initially cited loneliness and health fears, but an increasing number are reporting financial distress
By ToI Staff
Palestinians receive financial aid payments from Qatar at a post office in Gaza City, on June 27, 2020. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
July 7, 2020, 9:54 am
Palestinian rights group records ‘surge’ in Gaza suicide attempts
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights says it has registered 17 suicides and hundreds of attempts this year, as pandemic batters already impoverished territory
By AFP and ToI Staff
Poriya Hospital in Tiberias. (Courtesy)
March 31, 2020, 11:34 am
Coronavirus patient, 34, jumps out of hospital window
Mental health authorities report a spike in tension and stress as Israelis across the country shelter in place during the COVID-19 pandemic
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Palestinian ambulances in Gaza waiting at the Rafah border crossing on January 10, 2008. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90/File)
July 23, 2018, 9:58 pm
Two Palestinians in Gaza attempt suicide
WHO official says the number of suicides in Gaza seems to have increased in recent years
By Adam Rasgon
Right-wing activists protest alleged Shin Bet torture of Jewish terror suspects, staging mock torture scenes in Tel Aviv, December 25, 2015. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
June 29, 2018, 10:44 am
Jailhouse informants, sexual harassment: How Shin Bet got Duma suspects to talk
Court’s 188-page decision regarding admissibility of confessions given under duress shows how severe tactics led to a 17-year-old’s suicide attempt
By Jacob Magid
Marc Fein
September 20, 2017, 11:49 am
Marc Fein
Miles of color for those lost to suicide
Everyone deserves to walk out of the darkness and into a new day
A still image taken from cellphone footage of security forces surrounding a knife-wielding Israeli Arab woman after she allegedly tried to stab a security guard at Afula bus station on Friday, October 9, 2015. (screen capture)
June 13, 2017, 5:33 pm
Court cancels jail term for woman who brandished knife in Afula
Accepting appeal, Nazareth judge reduces Asra’a Zidan Abed’s 6-month prison sentence to community service for 2015 incident at bus station
By Raoul Wootliff
Ruth Tepler Roth
May 27, 2017, 12:52 am
Ruth Tepler Roth
Mental illness isn’t ‘other people’
Her son was ‘at risk’ and she missed the signs; now, she speaks out to support and remove the stigma from those in need
The suspect brought for a court hearing at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court, under suspicion of Issuing fake bomb threats against Jewish institutions around the world, on March 23, 2017. (Flash90)
May 18, 2017, 12:48 am
Teen behind JCC threats has attempted suicide 5 times in jail, lawyer says
Attorney says suspect, who is said to be on autism spectrum, may be moved to psychiatric hospital inside prison
By ToI Staff
An unmanned IDF ground vehicle near the southern part of the Gaza-Israel border fence (Zev Marmorstein/IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
February 10, 2017, 3:09 pm
Israeli man indicted for trying to enter Gaza
Apparently suicidal, 23-year-old found near border with knives claiming he wanted to be shot by IDF; remanded for psych evaluation
By ToI Staff
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