Lina Altawell<\/p>\n
06 October 2026\u2022Update: 06 October 2026<\/p>\n
Israel\u2019s Defense Ministry said Tuesday that nearly 30,000 soldiers and security personnel are facing psychological trauma since the Gaza war in October 2023.<\/p>\n
The ministry said around 30,000 Israeli soldiers and security personnel wounded since the war have been admitted to its Rehabilitation Department.<\/p>\n
It explained that about 63% of those wounded suffer psychological impact, including post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression and difficulties surrounding reintegration into civilian life.<\/p>\n
According to the ministry, of those wounded since the war, 63 are classified as having over 100% disability, 249 have severe head injuries, 29 are suffering from blindness, and 106 are amputees.<\/p>\n
The ministry said its Rehabilitation Department now treats 91,200 people wounded across Israel\u2019s wars and military operations, including 42,500 dealing with mental health conditions and post-traumatic stress.<\/p>\n
It said the department\u2019s budget has increased by 88% over the past three years to 10 billion shekels ($3.3 million), with more than 60% allocated to services and treatment related to mental health conditions and post-traumatic stress disorder.<\/p>\n
The Israeli army has launched a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 2023, killing more than 74,000 people, injuring over 175,000, and turning the enclave into ruins.<\/p>\n
Israel has also fought wars with Lebanon and Iran, launched strikes on Yemen and Qatar, and carried out near-daily ground incursions into Syria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lina Altawell 06 October 2026\u2022Update: 06 October 2026 Israel\u2019s Defense Ministry said Tuesday that nearly 30,000 soldiers and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43,180804],"class_list":["post-638193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news","tag-sitekeywords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}