PTSD

The survey, carried out among 111 participants – including active-duty soldiers, career service members, reservists, and ZAKA volunteers – focused on post-traumatic symptoms.

The protests, which have been ongoing in recent weeks, demand government action to assist soldiers in coping with trauma resulting from their military service. 

In Israel, we are all too familiar with the scars of war, smoke on the horizon, sirens in the night, the sound of explosions all too nearby, and funerals of heroes whose names we must never forget.

A Health Ministry report described the systematic starvation, as well as physical and emotional torture, carried out by Hamas terrorists on hostages released from Gaza earlier this year.

A gifted and well-researched storyteller recounts the historical conflict of the region, along with an honest reckoning of his ordeal since Oct. 7.

The mental health of IDF soldiers has severely declined over the course of the war, and the government and IDF must act accordingly and not take them for granted.

The demonstrations come amid heightened tensions surrounding the state’s policies on military conscription and ongoing failures in the rehabilitation of wounded veterans.

The amount of reservists seeking treatment for trauma jumped from 270 per year to around 3,000, according to IDF Lt.-Col. Uzi Bechor.

Israel needs accessible alternatives to inpatient care for people in crisis when they cannot be hospitalized.

We must ensure another Oct. 7 never happens, but remaining in the Gaza Strip is a recipe for continued disaster at multiple levels.