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Itzik Saidyan (center) appears at a Knesset House Committee meeting in the Knesset on July 5, 2026. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset Spokesman's Office)
IDF veteran who self-immolated begs Knesset: Prioritize combat soldiers, not Torah study
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Addressing debate on Basic Law to declare Torah study foundational value, Itzik Saidyan says highest priority must be 'the ones who go into battle... who feel forgotten'
A wounded Israeli soldier from the south arrives at Hadassah Medical Center-Ein Kerem in Jerusalem, October 7, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
June 7, 2026, 4:28 pm
Committee presents proposed rehab overhaul as war-wounded strain system
Citing unprecedented surge in injured soldiers since October 7, panel recommends NIS 2 billion annual budget increase and expansion of rehabilitation services
By Stav Levaton
Tending the sheep at the Lahav Farm. (Keshet Ben Muvchar)
May 28, 2026, 11:48 pm
Germinated by its founder’s trauma, growing farm network cultivates healing through work
Rimon Farms Association, which harnesses nature and agriculture to help PTSD sufferers and youth at risk, is now fundraising to seed two new programs to serve Gaza border area
By Sue Surkes
Discharged IDF combat soldier Alex Miller (Courtesy)
May 24, 2026, 4:44 pm
Discharged IDF soldier from US dies of apparent suicide after struggling with PTSD
Alex Miller, 23, was moderately wounded in a 2022 car-ramming attack, lost close friend in 2025 Gaza combat; as an only child, required special permission to enlist
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Yishai Ishi Ron, author of the award-winning novel 'Dog,' appears on the May 19 What Matters Now podcast (Courtesy)
May 19, 2026, 10:27 pm
Yishai Ishi Ron: Ex-commando writes novels about trauma and recovery
Award-winning author of ‘Dog’ discusses PTSD and how writing aided his healing process
By Jessica Steinberg
Israelis sit at a restaurant in Tel Aviv, April 4, 2021. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
May 19, 2026, 6:12 pm
New ‘PTSD-friendly’ scheme aims to adapt Israel’s public spaces
Popular apps such as Ontopo for restaurant reservations and Easy business directory will add PTSD filters, with participating venues self-certifying
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Cannabis plants grown for medical use in Israel. (Chen Galili)
May 4, 2026, 4:27 am
Health Ministry panel seeks to halt use of medical cannabis in smokable form
Committee notes potentially harmful effects, spiking number of users; recommends stricter guidelines and a more limited use of the drug
By Diana Bletter
Maj. (res.) Asaf Dagan, an air force reservist combat navigator. (Courtesy)
April 6, 2026, 11:25 am
Reservist airman who died by suicide in 2024 recognized as fallen soldier, family says
Family of combat navigator Maj. (res.) Asaf Dagan says Defense Ministry finally accepting their demand that he be acknowledged as a PTSD combat casualty, ‘correcting deep injustice’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Rescue teams help shocked residents in a targeted residential neighborhood in the southern city of Ashkelon on May 11, 2021, after rockets were fired by Hamas from the Gaza Strip. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
March 31, 2026, 2:19 pm
Chatbot aims to help rescuers defuse acute anxiety, right after traumatic events
Ben-Gurion University team hopes free trilingual AI application will be adopted widely in Israel, Diaspora, and Arabian Gulf
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: A man struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (LightField Studios/Shutterstock.com)
March 10, 2026, 10:28 am
Traumatized nation: Organizations step into breach left by overwhelmed mental health system
Post-October 7 initiatives sprang up like mushrooms after the rain. Now, not-for-profits are building coalitions, mapping who is providing what to whom, and developing standards
By Sue Surkes
Israelis take cover in a public shelter in Tel Aviv as a siren sounds warning of incoming ballistic missiles fired from Iran toward Israel, on February 28, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 6, 2026, 3:42 pm
With Israelis under fire, a rabbi offers guidance where Jewish law meets mental health
Rabbi Yoni Rosensweig says that for observant Jews, it can be challenging to observe laws like Shabbat while dealing with the anxiety and stress of missiles flying overhead
By Rossella Tercatin
Israeli reserve soldiers seen during military training in the Golan Heights, northern Israel, October 30, 2023. (David Cohen/ Flash90)
February 9, 2026, 9:22 pm
Defense Ministry facing severe shortage of therapists to treat soldiers with PTSD
Ministry’s Social Services Responses Division tells Knesset there is only one caseworker available per 850 post-traumatic veterans
By Sam Sokol
Combat veterans suffering from PTSD protest in Jerusalem, January 21, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 21, 2026, 9:54 pm
Man injured in hit-and-run at Jerusalem protest for soldiers with PTSD; driver arrested
Protester taken to hospital with minor injures; police say driver fled to Abu Gosh area, was taken for questioning
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Rom Braslavski on his way back to Israel after two years in captivity in Gaza, October 13, 2025. (Government Press Office)
January 18, 2026, 1:14 pm
Ex-hostage Rom Braslavski allegedly assaulted outside Tel Aviv club
Boyfriend of singer Nasrin Qadri to be questioned by cops over incident; ex-captive’s mother warns that former hostages may seem okay, but are in ‘difficult post-traumatic state’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Supreme Court President Isaac Amit (center), together with Deputy President Noam Sohlberg (left) and Justice David Mintz, preside over a hearing on petitions against the appointment of David Zini as head of the Shin Bet, November 18, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 7, 2026, 12:20 pm
Families of soldiers who died by suicide petition High Court for IDF recognition
Petitioners challenge committee ruling, saying mental wounds deserve the same acknowledgment as physical injuries and that combat trauma continues after uniforms come off
By Stav Levaton
Segev Kalfon, an Israeli hostage who spent two years in captivity in a Hamas tunnel and was released from the Gaza Strip in a ceasefire deal on October 13, 2025, at home in Dimona, southern Israel, December 23, 2025. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
January 2, 2026, 9:41 am
‘I don’t feel like a hero’: Ex-hostage Segev Kalfon tells of long path to recovery
Former Hamas captive describes dire conditions and torture experienced in Gaza, says Jewish faith and hearing mother’s voice on radio helped him survive
By Melanie Lidman
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