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suicide in Israel

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
Family and friends attend the funeral service of Shirel Golan, survivor of the Supernova massacre, in Tel Mond, October 21, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
December 3, 2024, 9:46 am
Nova’s lingering scars: PTSD and fear of suicides spark alarm
Many of those who survived the Hamas massacre at the desert rave witnessed extreme violence by the terrorists, including rape and mutilation. Now, they are desperate for more support
By Deborah Danan
Stall-owners at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market protest the ongoing closure of their businesses, amid the coronavirus crisis, April 26, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 26, 2020, 8:32 pm
Shop owner at closed Jerusalem market dies by suicide amid financial woes
Jerusalem mayor ‘shocked and pained’ by incident, which happened earlier this month; calls on government to swiftly reopen Mahane Yehuda Market
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: An ambulance outside the Soroka hospital in the southern Israeli town of Beersheba, December 23, 2013. (Flash90)
January 26, 2020, 4:16 pm
Doctor’s suicide at Beersheba hospital is fourth since 2018
Physicians at Soroka Medical Center complain of overwork and intense stress, with one official saying many have to work 430 hours a month
By ToI Staff
Ety Siton, left, director of the Kfar Saba branch of ERAN, also oversees the Toronto volunteers. She is pictures with Sigal Almog, co-founder of Toronto's ERAN project. (Courtesy)
February 13, 2019, 11:20 am
Israeli expats in Canada staff a Hebrew suicide hotline to serve their homeland
The ERAN crisis hotline has a branch in Toronto where trained volunteers field anguished calls from Israelis in the lonely Middle East night
By Robert Sarner
Illustrative: Israeli schoolchildren, August 27, 2013. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90/File)
October 24, 2018, 12:35 pm
Education Ministry ends suicide prevention program over missing budget – report
Official says Health Ministry has not supplied required funding to continue activities to identify those at risk and intervene
By Stuart Winer
Members of the Ethiopian Jewish community in Israel take part in a prayer of the Sigd holiday on Armon Hanatziv Promenade overlooking Jerusalem on November 16, 2017 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
March 25, 2018, 6:49 am
2 years after dire report, immigrants at risk for suicide not getting enough aid
Israelis who emigrated from Ethiopia and the FSU are several times more likely to take their own lives, and those tasked with helping them say a lot more needs to be done
By Sivan Geffen
Illustrative. A funeral for an IDF soldier on December 3, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 2, 2018, 8:31 pm
Suicide, car crashes leading causes of death for troops in 2017
Of the 55 soldiers who died last year, 16 took their own lives, 12 died in car accidents, 9 of illness, 2 killed in operations, 5 in terror attacks, 11 in on-base accidents
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative. IDF soldiers carry the coffin of a fallen comrade in 2012. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 9, 2017, 8:10 pm
Suicide was top cause of death for IDF soldiers in 2016
Army releases details on 41 troops who died last year: 15 took their own lives, 4 were killed in operations, 9 in on-base accidents, 7 in car accidents, 6 died of illness
By Judah Ari Gross
In this photo illustration, an error message appears on the Facebook home page on a laptop computer screen on September 28, 2015 in Newark, New Jersey. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP)
June 22, 2016, 11:09 am
Israeli commits suicide over Facebook post that called him a thief
Daughter of deceased files suit, vowing to disprove allegation and get justice
By ToI Staff
Mourners at a funeral for a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide in Kfar Saba on November 25, 2015. (screen capture: Channel 2)
November 25, 2015, 8:46 pm
13-year-old commits suicide after missing school trip
Parents blame school, Education Ministry; classmates say teen exhibited suicidal tendencies in months before the tragedy
By ToI Staff
LGBT community activist May Peleg before her November 13 suicide (screenshot: YouTube)
November 22, 2015, 7:46 pm
Family of trans woman appeals her cremation to Supreme Court
Ultra-Orthodox mother seeks Jewish burial against LGBT activist’s testament, filed the day before her suicide
By Raoul Wootliff and JTA
May Peleg, shown at the Jerusalem Open House, was an activist in Israel’s LBGT community. (Screenshot from Facebook/JTA)
November 18, 2015, 11:52 pm
Body of Israeli transgender woman to be cremated, court orders
Orthodox family had sought to block cremation following LGBT activist’s suicide, argued for a Jewish burial
By JTA
May Peleg, shown at the Jerusalem Open House, was an activist in Israel’s LBGT community. (Screenshot from Facebook/JTA)
November 18, 2015, 2:30 am
Haredi mother of transgender woman fights to stop her cremation
Jerusalem District Court to rule Wednesday on validity of Israeli woman’s will, filed the day before her suicide
By JTA
Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 23, 2015, 10:47 pm
Police discover three bodies in suspected murder-suicide
Investigators believe elderly couple took their own lives; their son’s body showed signs of violence
By ToI Staff
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