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IDF forces operate in the Gaza Strip in this October 9, 2025, handout image. (IDF)
October 28, 2025, 5:08 pm
279 IDF soldiers attempted suicide since start of 2024, Knesset report finds
Combat soldiers made up 78% of all suicide cases in Israel in 2024, a sharp rise from 2017-22, when the rate hovered between 42% and 45%
By Stav Levaton
Prof. Shani Stern in her lab at the Sagol Department of Neurobiology at the University of Haifa. (Courtesy/Sergei Lavdanski/University of Haifa)
October 21, 2025, 5:51 pm
Blood test 95% accurate in spotting suicide risk in bipolar patients, says Israeli scientist
University of Haifa researcher says her team’s AI model spots biomarkers in white blood cells; test could help monitor patients with bipolar disorder, 40% of whom will attempt suicide
By Diana Bletter
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 soldiers embrace at the funeral of reservist Tzvika Lavi at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, December 12, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 30, 2025, 8:45 pm
IDF to begin discharging traumatized reservists amid growing mental health concerns
New policy applies to soldiers with 30% or higher state-recognized psychological disability; officials deny link to recent rise in suicides
By Stav Levaton
IDF soldiers hold a wreath at the funeral of soldier Ron Sherman at the Lehavim cemetery, December 15, 2023. (Flash90)
July 23, 2025, 8:04 am
Concerns deepen over military’s mental health system after series of soldier suicides
As lawmakers demand transparency from the IDF, experts urge deeper understanding of war’s psychological toll on troops
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
Shirel Golan in November 2023. (screen capture: Kan/YouTube)
October 21, 2024, 3:43 am
Nova festival survivor takes own life; family blames state for ignoring PTSD
Shirel Golan found dead in her home on her 22nd birthday, after developing symptoms of disorder in aftermath of attack; brother accuses authorities of failing to provide treatment
By ToI Staff
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: Members of the National Socialist Movement, one of the largest neo-Nazi groups in the US, hold a swastika burning after a rally on April 21, 2018, in Draketown, Georgia. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
September 22, 2019, 11:02 pm
US vet: Proposed suicide prevention hotline number glorifies Hitler
Three-digit figure includes 88, which is used by neo-Nazis to refer to the phrase ‘Heil Hitler,’ New York Jewish man argues
By Marcy Oster
In this Nov. 14, 2014 file photo, Jeremy Richman, father of Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting victim Avielle Richman, addresses the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission in Newtown, Conn. Richman was found dead early Monday, March 25, 2019, at the town hall in Newtown, where he had an office (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
March 26, 2019, 3:54 am
Father of Sandy Hook victim who probed violence dies in apparent suicide
Following the 2012 massacre, Jeremy Richman and his wife had set up a foundation to promote research into brain pathologies that lead to violence
By AP
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
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