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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

trauma

Top left to right: Released hostage Or Levy is embraced by relatives at Sheba Medical Center on February 8, 2025, soon after his release from Hamas captivity; Ohad Ben Ami reunites with his daughters Ella, Natalie and Yuli, and his wife Raz, at Ichilov hospital; bottom: Eli Sharabi (with his back to camera) is embraced by his brother Sharon (left) at Sheba Medical Center. (IDF/Haim Tsach/GPO)
February 15, 2025, 11:46 am
Traumatized and tortured: Freed hostages face arduous road to recovery
While many trauma experts say humans have a remarkable capacity for resilience, studies show that the psychological damage of captivity endures a lifetime
By Diana Bletter
Paintings by Kibbutz Be'eri artist Ziva Jelin in the exhibit 'Cypress Shadows on the Road,' at the Ramat Gan Museum on January 30, 2025 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
February 6, 2025, 11:13 am
Now in blue: Museum exhibits first works by Be’eri artist Ziva Jelin since October 7
Gaza-border kibbutz painter known for large red landscapes, which took bullets during Hamas invasion; ‘What the Heart Wants, Art as a Gateway to Healing’ opens in Ramat Gan
By Jessica Steinberg
An illustrative photo of health workers. (istock photo/ nanostockk)
January 14, 2025, 6:40 pm
Israel’s health system showing ‘impressive’ resilience during war, report finds
But Taub Center researchers say that with workforce shortage, budget cuts, and 15,000 soldiers who now suffer from stress-induced trauma, the system faces serious challenges
By Diana Bletter
'Jude's parliament' at Kibbutz Holit's temporary location in Kibbutz Revivim, southern Israel, November 3, 2024. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
November 10, 2024, 6:28 am
Haunted by October 7, Kibbutz Holit tries to rebuild in a temporary new location
After a year in a hotel near the Dead Sea, Holit’s residents have moved to a new village within Kibbutz Revivim. They don’t know when — or if — they’ll return home
By Sue Surkes
Holding hands in a circle at the K Bar L Ranch in Montana (Courtesy/Healing in Nature)
August 16, 2024, 11:07 am
Weeklong retreat in Montana ranch aims to heal IDF vets from war traumas
Israeli nonprofit formed after Oct. 7 takes combat soldiers far off the grid to a homestead where Tel Aviv and Harvard researchers offer techniques to aid reentry into normal life
By Diana Bletter
Participants at a one-day intensive PTSD prevention workshop at the Protective Partnership's 'The Villa' program in Herzliya. Protective Partnership CEO Lilach Felner is second from left. June 13, 2024. (Courtesy)
July 10, 2024, 8:37 am
Intensive one-day retreat program aims to prevent PTSD among IDF reservists
After shedding their battle gear, combat troops make their way to The Villa to learn techniques to help put the traumas of war in the past so they can function now and in the future
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Lucas Cunio, older brother of hostages David Cunio and Ariel Cunio, with his freshly tattooed arm at an Artists 4 Israel event at Jerusalem's Botanical Gardens on July 7, 2024 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
July 9, 2024, 12:00 pm
Beauty through the pain: Survivors of October 7 inked by visiting tattoo artists
12 inkers from abroad join 50 local artists to offer body art to 120 survivors, soldiers and relatives of victims of the Hamas massacre
By Jessica Steinberg
Prof. Yair Bar-Haim, head of the National Center for Traumatic Stress and Resilience at Tel Aviv University, January 2024 (Courtesy of TAU)
February 21, 2024, 5:44 am
October 7 and war trauma will lead to at least 30,000 new cases of PTSD, expert says
Prof. Yair Bar-Haim, head of the National Center for Traumatic Stress and Resilience, warns mental health system unprepared to handle patient deluge, challenges will last decades
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries CEO Richard Francis speaks at a press briefing in Tel Aviv, Feb. 20, 2024. (Courtesy)
February 20, 2024, 10:59 pm
Teva CEO says production and distribution in Israel remain largely unaffected by war
Head of the world’s largest generic drugmaker unveils program to address the growing need for care as more than 2 million Israelis are expected to suffer from trauma symptoms
By Sharon Wrobel
IDF soldiers preparing to enter Gaza use high-tech wounded 'body parts' during MSR training simulations on the Gaza border, October 2023. (Courtesy of MSR)
January 3, 2024, 2:24 pm
High-tech medical simulation training arrived ‘just in time’ for IDF medics
Soldiers use computer-controlled anatomically correct mannequins to learn key lifesaving procedures for use on the battlefield
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: A child suffering from stress. (goodmoments, iStock at Getty Images)
December 21, 2023, 1:14 am
At war: Psychologist details signs children are in distress — and how to help
Chava Friedman, Education Ministry’s director of psychology, tells ToI that kids not directly impacted by war may still be suffering its effects
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Laboratory mice. (toeytoey2530/Istock via Getty Images)
December 18, 2023, 7:33 am
New Israeli study investigates childhood trauma and its prospects for reversal
As concern mounts for the psychological health of young victims of the war and terror, Weizmann Institute researchers look at why some people are prone to triggering later in life
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon Dr. Teodoro Forcht Dagi at Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, October 2023. (Maayan Janus/Sheba Medical Center)
November 13, 2023, 4:15 pm
Top US neurosurgeon volunteers hard-won wartime expertise at Sheba Medical Center
Mayo Clinic head trauma specialist Dr. Teodoro Dagi brings knowledge gained from global conflict work – including in Kosovo and Northern Ireland – to treating Israel’s war-injured
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Supernova party survivors do yoga at the Secret Forest retreat center in Cyprus, in an undated photo. (courtesy)
November 13, 2023, 4:15 pm
At an exclusive Cyprus retreat center, Supernova rave survivors get help to move on
Traumatized party-goers receive fully subsidized five-day holistic therapy experience including yoga, spa treatments and group sessions; there is a 1,400 person waitlist
By Gavriel Fiske
Family and friends attend the funeral of five members of the Kutz family, Livnat and Aviv and their three children Rotem, Yonatan and Yiftach, on October 17, 2023. The Kutz family was killed by Hamas terrorists, in their home in Kfar Aza, southern Israel, on October 7, 2023. (Flash90)
November 5, 2023, 2:51 pm
Israel’s mental health professionals get special training to help heal the traumatized
With hundreds of thousands of Israelis in acute psychological distress since Oct. 7, PTSD specialists are teaching fellow psychologists who want to help but don’t know how
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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