{"id":349971,"date":"2026-01-03T13:11:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T13:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/349971\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T13:11:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T13:11:20","slug":"32-of-israelis-need-mental-health-care-after-two-years-of-war-survey-finds-middle-east-monitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/349971\/","title":{"rendered":"32% of Israelis need mental health care after two years of war, survey finds \u2013 Middle East Monitor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thirty-two percent of Israelis need mental health support after more two years of war, a new opinion poll found on Wednesday,\u00a0Anadolu Agency reports.<\/p>\n<p>The findings came from a survey conducted by Maccabi Healthcare Services, one of Israel\u2019s major health care providers, based on a representative sample of 1,100 people aged between 20 and 75 from across the country, The Times of Israel newspaper reported.<\/p>\n<p>The survey, conducted in November, found that 32% of respondents said they required specialized psychological support, the highest rate recorded since the survey began.<\/p>\n<p>Among military personnel who served during the past year, the situation appeared more severe, with 39% saying they needed mental health support, 26% reported concerns about depression, and 48% said they were experiencing sleep problems, the outlet said.<\/p>\n<p>Overall mental well-being also declined, with 17% of respondents describing their psychological condition as average or poor, compared with 13% before the Gaza war, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20251217-israeli-soldier-commits-suicide-at-military-base-raising-total-to-61\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Israeli soldier commits suicide at military base, raising total to 61<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The data also showed a rise in smoking rates in 2025, as 30% of smokers said they increased their cigarette consumption because of psychological stress.<\/p>\n<p>Medical data reviewed in the survey indicated a 4% decline in births compared with 2024, reflecting broader psychological and social effects of the war, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>The Gaza war has weighed heavily on daily life in Israel. The Israeli military said Tuesday evening that 21 of its members died by suicide since the beginning of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>An Oct. 10 ceasefire deal halted Israel\u2019s two-year war that killed over 71,200 Palestinians, most of them women and children, injured more than 171,200 others since October 2023 and left the enclave in ruins.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the ceasefire, Israeli attacks continued in Gaza, killing more than 400 people and injuring over 1,100 others, according to health authorities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20251221-israeli-army-plans-to-arm-10000-reserve-soldiers-at-home-media\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Israeli army plans to arm 10,000 reserve soldiers at home: Media<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thirty-two percent of Israelis need mental health support after more two years of war, a new opinion poll&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349972,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[102,1906,6623,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-349971","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-mental-health","10":"tag-mentalhealth","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}