The newspaper "Haaretz" reported that 10 Israeli soldiers committed suicide in the early hours of "The Al-Aqsa Flood," and the army is concealing the deaths of 17 soldiers, some of whom committed suicide, in addition to reservists who took their own lives after their discharge. The newspaper stated that data obtained from the Israeli army indicates that ten soldiers, including officers with the rank of Major and Lieutenant Colonel, have been acknowledged as "martyrs," but the army refuses to disclose further details.
The newspaper quoted experts involved in the subject, saying that most of the suicide cases in the army are among young soldiers; however, there have been unusual influences since October 7. "Suddenly, the army had to deal with suicide tendencies among soldiers and officers in active duty and reservists in their thirties and forties." The newspaper highlighted that the Israeli army initially justified its policy due to "field necessities that do not allow for investigating every case where a soldier committed suicide."
A military source stated, "We believed that announcing this would harm the morale of the public," as publishing the names of the deceased soldiers "causes significant pain to the public, and we thought there was no need to raise such an issue due to cases where soldiers did not die in battle or due to an operational incident."
