Israeli media: 10 Israeli soldiers committed suicide since Oct. 7

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Israeli media
12 May 2024 18:43
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The Israeli newspaper Haaretz revealed the number of Israeli occupation forces personnel who committed suicide after October 7, while insisting on refraining from publishing their details.

In this image taken from a video released by the Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, an Israeli occupation soldier shoots Palestinians in Gaza City, Palestine. (AP)

10 members of the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have committed suicide since October 7, some during confrontations in the Gaza envelope settlements, the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, revealed.

Experts cited by the newspaper stated that while most suicides among the IOF involve young soldiers, the events of October 7 have had an unusual psychological impact on IOF personnel in general.

The newspaper also reported that the IOF has had to unexpectedly address suicidal tendencies among soldiers and officers, both in permanent military service and in the reserves, particularly those in their thirties and forties.

Haaretz highlighted the case of one officer in permanent service who was found dead in his car, having shot himself, two weeks following the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.

According to the IOF, "No common denominator between these suicides and what happened on October 7 was found, but family members and fellow soldiers reported that some of the dead soldiers 'suffered from psychological distress after this date.'"

Moreover, it was reported that Israeli occupation data indicate that ten soldiers and officers committed suicide from the beginning of the war until May 11, yet the IOF refuse to disclose any names or details about those who committed suicide.

According to the same data, 620 IOF troops have been declared dead since the war on Gaza began. However, Haaretz has noted that the actual number in the occupation army's records is 637. This includes 17 settler soldiers who died in road accidents and others who committed suicide but were not officially declared dead.

The newspaper also highlighted that the Israeli army has historically concealed data concerning IOF personnel suicides. Over the past years, the IOF have consistently refused to release data on the number of soldiers who committed suicide, thereby continuing to obscure this issue.

'Israel' acknowledges 615 soldiers dead since war began

615 Israeli occupation soldiers have died since the start of the war, with 267 of them dying during ground maneuvers in the Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported today.

Regarding injured soldiers, it has been claimed that 3,361 Israeli occupation soldiers have been wounded since the start of the war, including 520 with critical injuries. Currently, 26 soldiers are in critical condition in various Israeli hospitals, 157 others have moderate injuries, and 60 have minor injuries.

In a related context, Israeli media reported the death of three occupation soldiers on the front with Lebanon, while 40 soldiers and a settler were injured with various injuries during this week.

Earlier today, the Israeli occupation forces admitted the death of a soldier during "operational activity" in the North.

The occupation's acknowledgment of its casualties and injuries from Hezbollah's fire comes amid strict military censorship and control, where footage documenting the Resistance's targeting being published by its military media shows that Israeli losses, in terms of lives and equipment, are much greater than announced.

Regarding Gaza, the high number of IOF casualties in battles with the Palestinian Resistance is equivalent to the size of an IOF brigade, according to Israeli media.

Israeli acknowledgments of the scale of losses come as the Palestinian Resistance continues to engage in fierce confrontations with invading occupation forces in the sector, not to mention what the Lebanese front, supported by Hezbollah, inflicts on the occupation, as well as the fronts in Iraq, Yemen, and Syria.