IDF reservists seeking trauma treatment up 1000%, unit cmdr. tells 'Post'

IDF Links Spike in Soldier Suicides to Trauma of Israel’s Expanding War Fronts

The IDF has acknowledged that the rising number of suicides among its soldiers and reservists is directly tied to the psychological trauma of Israel’s ongoing multi-front war, according to a bombshell report aired Sunday by Israeli public broadcaster Kan. An internal military investigation cited by Kan concluded that the recent surge in suicides stems largely from harrowing battlefield experiences, the loss of comrades, and an overwhelming inabi…

IDF reservists seeking trauma treatment up 1000%, unit cmdr. tells 'Post'

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