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Israeli flags on graves of fallen soldiers in Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem ahead of Israeli Memorial Day, April 29, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 3, 2025, 7:35 pm
IDF suicides tied to combat trauma, internal probes said to reveal
Military steps up mental health care as Personnel Directorate chief visits reservist soldier’s grieving family
By Stav Levaton and Emanuel Fabian
IDF troops seen operating in the Gaza Strip in this handout photo published on August 20, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 13, 2025, 6:36 am
‘We don’t talk about feelings’: IDF officers said to deny mental health help to soldiers
Servicemembers detail to Haaretz how some commanders have warned soldiers in distress not to get out of wartime duties, with many troops afraid of stigma if they seek treatment
By Michael Bachner
Illustrative photo of an IDF reserve-duty soldier in the Negev Desert in southern Israel (Matanya Tausig/Flash90)
May 28, 2017, 9:53 pm
Watchdog finds IDF efficiency drive not so efficient
Report cites acute shortage of doctors and psychiatrists, units waiting months to fill positions, officers doing three jobs simultaneously
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative photo of a psychiatric hospital. (photo credit: Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)
November 26, 2012, 5:32 pm
Scandal-hit Petah Tikva mental institution shut down
Neve Yaakov psychiatric hospital was raided by police in October amid allegations of long-term patient abuse
By Gabe Fisher
Illustrative photo of a psychiatric hospital. (photo credit: Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)
November 1, 2012, 8:56 pm
Petah Tikva mental institution to be shut down amid suspicions of patient abuse
Dozens of Neve Yaakov hospital staff questioned after investigation reveals ‘conspiracy of silence’
By Asher Zeiger
A hospital for mental patients (illustrative photo: Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)
October 31, 2012, 3:49 pm
70 staff members held for questioning in mental hospital abuse scandal
Yearlong investigation reveals a ‘conspiracy of silence’ in Petah Tikva private treatment center
By Gabe Fisher
.Soldiers carrying the body of a soldier who committed suicide at a stalactite cave near Beit Shemesh in March 2011 (Photo credit: Abir Sultan/ Flash 90)
May 3, 2012, 10:58 pm
Despite tragic setbacks, army is lowering suicide rate within its ranks
While Corporal Netta Brand was found dead Thursday, apparently by his own hand, the army has had much success reducing such cases
By Mitch Ginsburg
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