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IDF: 21 soldiers died by suicide this year; distress was identified in only five cases

The Israeli military says 151 soldiers died this year, including 21 suspected suicides, linking the trend to the psychological toll of the war and warning that mental strain remains heavy even after fighting has ended

Yoav Zitun | 12.30.25

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Israel to grant new status to soldiers who died by suicide after war service

Soldiers who served in the war and die by suicide within two years of discharge will be granted 'died after service' status, entitling families to monthly support; IDF pledges a 'compassionate' approach as cases rise

Yoav Zitun, Gal Ganot | 12.30.25

Milder temperatures expected as brief rain system clears Israel

Partly cloudy skies Wednesday with isolated coastal drizzle; rain and possible thunderstorms forecast for northern and central regions over the weekend

ynet | 12.24.25

Mother and son found dead in Bat Yam in suspected murder-suicide

Police say the man, about 40, was found wounded on a street with a knife nearby and later died at Wolfson Medical Center; his mother, in her 70s, was found stabbed to death in their apartment after officers forced entry early

ynet | 12.21.25

'Roy’s death was not in vain, he is saving people through his story'

'During shiva, I faced a choice: sink into darkness or carry Roy’s light forward': Tom Wasserstein, whose brother Roy died by suicide after wartime trauma, in a special column for the 'We Came to Embrace the Darkness' project by the MOSHE Movement

Tom Wasserstein | 12.19.25

Assisted-suicide pioneer ends his life through the procedure at his own clinic

Human rights lawyer Ludwig Minelli, who founded Switzerland’s Dignitas group, died by assisted suicide at one of its clinics days before his 93rd birthday; Dignitas hailed him as a 'pioneer and fighter' and vowed to carry on his mission

Oren Reis | 11.30.25

Witness in major labor union corruption probe dies by suicide after giving testimony

Man who gave open testimony in corruption probe and oversaw construction at Histadrut chief Bar-David’s home dies by suicide; police call it one of the largest public corruption cases in Israel’s history

Meir Turgeman | 11.17.25

Fomer police officer with PTSD who set himself on fire dies from his injuries

Police officer Vital Mishev died two weeks after setting himself on fire in front of the home of the director of the rehabilitation department in Moshav Neve Ilan; Mishev, a 45-year-old retired police officer, suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and was treated at the department for years; 'The writing was on the wall. The organizations that were supposed to rehabilitate him slammed the door in his face'

Gilad Cohen, Liran Tamari | 11.12.25

‘He came back broken’: reservist father of two found dead after taking his own life

Dmitry Shapiro, 34, a reservist tank crewman and father of two from Kiryat Malakhi, was found dead near Beit Elazari after taking his own life; his family says he returned from Gaza 'broken' after months of reserve duty and struggled with depression

Roni Green Shaulov | 10.30.25

Father of Nova survivor who committed suicide pleads for help: 'Families are shattered, survivors barely holding on'

Ronen Shalev, whose son Roi survived the Nova massacre but took his own life, calls for a national emergency response for survivors and families; 'There are 4,000 shattered families,' he said, 'This crisis needs immediate action'

Raanan Ben Tzur | 10.12.25

Two years after her son was murdered at the Nova festival, Yelena ends her life

Yelena Giler, who struggled with mental health issues, took her own life two years after her son Slava was murdered on October 7; Her son Sasha said she never recovered from the trauma and 'lost touch with reality'

Nina Fox | 10.12.25

Israeli TV host mourns death of Nova survivor Roy Shalev, partner of her slain sister Mapal Adam

After losing her sister at the Nova music festival, TV host Maayan Adam now faces another tragedy: Roy Shalev, her late sister’s partner and a survivor of the Oct. 7 massacre, took his own life. “Roy was murdered on Oct. 7 and died yesterday,” she wrote

Raanan Ben-Zur | 10.11.25

Nova festival survivor Roi Shalev, partner of victim Mapal Adam, takes his own life

Roi Shalev, 30, from Nitzanei Oz, survived the Nova festival massacre, where Hamas gunmen killed over 360 people near Re’im; he was wounded in the attack, in which his partner, 27-year-old Mapal Adam, sister of TV host Maayan Adam, was murdered

Raanan Ben-Zur | 10.11.25

The transparent victims of the war: Rise in soldier suicides, mostly reservists

Behind rising suicide rates among reservists are untold stories of trauma, silence and systemic failure; families say many returned from war deeply changed, yet fell through the cracks of military and civilian care, with deadly consequences

Yael Shani, Shomrim | 09.07.25

500 people commit suicide in Israel annually, yet we stay silent - I was almost a statistic

Noam Nov, a mental health advocate, shares her decades-long struggle with suicidality, calling for open dialogue and societal action to confront Israel’s suicide crisis, which claims hundreds of lives annually; 'I’m marking nearly six years “clean” from suicide attempts and self-harm—something I once believed was impossible'

Noam Nov | 08.21.25

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