Israeli army facing ‘continuous rise’ in soldier suicides: Report

A report says that the Israeli military is witnessing a continuous and alarming rise in soldier suicides, a trend linked to widespread post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) stemming from Israel’s prolonged and repeated aggressions on multiple fronts. 

‎The latest figures, published by Haaretz, come after nearly 10 soldiers took their own lives in recent weeks.

‎According to the newspaper, at least six active-duty soldiers and three non-active reservists died by suicide this month alone.

“At least 10 active-duty soldiers have died by suicide since the beginning of the year, including six in April. Three other soldiers who served in the reserves during the war died by suicide this month while no longer in active service. Two police officers, including a conscripted Border Police officer, also died by suicide this month,” Haaretz reported, noting a “continued rise.”

‎Earlier this year, the outlet recorded 22 soldier suicides in 2025, a 15-year high.

‎The trend accelerated after October 7, 2023, when Israel launched its genocidal assault on Palestinian civilians in the besieged Gaza Strip. Since then, Israel’s military aggression, from Gaza to Lebanon to Syria has deepened a growing mental-health crisis inside the ranks.

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‎Despite the scale of the crisis, the report says the Israeli military has reduced mental-health support, contradicting its public claims. Mandatory psychological debriefings for reservists were cancelled in February.

“After the war with Iran and the increase in the military budget, the army decided to reinstate the debriefings, though not across the board,” the report noted.

‎Still, Haaretz documented several cases of Israeli soldiers along the Lebanese border and in the occupied West Bank being released in recent weeks without seeing any mental-health professional.

‎An army source told the outlet that officials are “struggling to take effective steps to reduce the phenomenon, especially in cases where distressed soldiers do not seek treatment.”

‎A senior Israeli military official admitted: “At the beginning of the war, we thought we had the situation under control and it blew up in our faces.”

‎Some soldiers described being abandoned by the system after returning from the battlefield.

“It’s simply irresponsible to send us home like this. They spend billions on munitions and interceptors, and they save money on this?” one soldier told Haaretz.

“It’s like putting a Band-Aid on a bleeding main artery,” another said.

‎Even though many Israeli troops publicly celebrated the destruction inflicted on the blockaded Gaza Strip, others have broken under the psychological toll.

“Everyone in the army who is not dead or injured is mentally damaged. There are very few who returned to fight. And they’re not quite right either,” a soldier’s parent previously told Hebrew media.

‎Throughout the aggression, Israeli forces failed to defeat the Hamas resistance movement and suffered heavy battlefield losses.

‎As Israel’s illegal invasion of Lebanon expands, its forces remain stretched across Gaza and Syria.

‎Since the start of March 2026, at least 16 Israeli soldiers have been killed by Hezbollah fighters in south Lebanon.

‎This week, a military contractor was killed by a Hezbollah drone while demolishing civilian homes in the area.

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