The terrible psychological effects of the Gaza war, the suicide of 10 Israeli soldiers so far
Among those who committed suicide were officers as well as youths
Tel Aviv: Since the October 7 attack by Hamas, 10 Israeli soldiers have committed suicide during the Gaza war.
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz revealed that some of the suicide soldiers took their own lives during clashes with Hamas in Gaza.
Among the suicide victims are officers as well as soldiers, and experts say that the war has badly affected the soldiers mentally and psychologically.
According to the report, the tendency of suicide is especially high among soldiers in their thirties and forties, and this is a very unexpected situation for the Israeli army, which it has never encountered before. Reluctant to tell.
In its report, Haaretz highlighted the suicide of an army officer who was found dead in his car two weeks after the start of Operation al-Aqsa Storm, and an investigation found that he had shot himself.
According to the investigation report of the Israeli army, although no correlation was found between these suicides and the events of October 7, but the families and fellow soldiers said that the attack by Hamas had psychological effects on the soldiers.
Haaretz reported in its report that the army has officially declared 620 soldiers dead since the start of the Gaza war. However, the actual number of soldiers killed in army records is 637, and the additional 17 are those who died in accidents and committed suicide but were not officially declared dead.
The newspaper also emphasized that the Israeli military is concealing data on personnel suicides and has consistently refused to release data on the number of soldiers who have committed suicide in the past.
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