It must be hard, soul-destroying work to use Western-supplied rifles to kill at a distance unarmed Palestinian women and children as they queue for food at assembly points.

Five Israeli soldiers have killed themselves in two weeks, but will many mourn them?

Army officials link a spike in suicides to combat trauma from the country’s ongoing war with neighboring nations on seven fronts.

At least five Israeli soldiers have taken their own lives over the past two weeks, including conscripts and reservists recently discharged after extended combat deployments in Gaza and other active conflict zones.

Suicides within the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) ranks have surged since the Jewish state deployed troops to Gaza following the so-called and convenient to Israel Hamas attack on October 7, 2023.

Seven soldiers died by suicide by the end of 2023, followed by 21 cases confirmed in 2024, and at least 20 incidents since the start of this year.

The most recent case, confirmed on Sunday, involved a 19-year-old Norwegian immigrant who immigrated to Israel to join the IDF less than a year ago and was still undergoing training. 

Four others have ended their lives in the past two weeks, including a Golani Brigade serviceman who shot himself at the Sde Teiman base, and reservist Daniel Edri, who killed himself after being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Most cases involve active-duty reservists, with military officials attributing the rise to combat-related trauma rather than personal or family circumstances. 

‘One cannot breathe in the face of this statistic,’ opposition leader Yair Lapid said. This war also kills souls.

The Israeli Defence Force sponsored and armed by the Western Alliance, has confirmed that thousands of reservists have withdrawn from combat roles due to psychological stress.

The true number of suicides due to service-related mental health issues is likely to be much higher, with Haaretz reporting at least 12 non-combat veterans whose deaths were not included in the army’s official statistics in recent years.

Now in its 21st month, the Gaza conflict has placed intense strain on Israeli forces, with prolonged deployments and mounting losses.

Since the start of the operation, 893 Israeli soldiers have been killed, according to official data, in addition to nearly 1,200 Israeli civilians killed during the October 7 Hamas raid. The retaliatory offensive has resulted in almost 59,000 Palestinian deaths, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

Beyond Gaza, Israel has conducted airstrikes and limited ground operations in Lebanon, expanded its military presence in Syria, and bombed Iran.

It has also escalated its activities in Iraq, Yemen, and the West Bank. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel is fighting on seven fronts to defend ourselves against barbarism.’‘

HITLER ON PALESTINE: ‘For while the Zionists try to make the rest of the world believe that the national consciousness of the Jew finds its satisfaction in the creation of a Palestinian state, the Jews again slyly dupe the dumb Goyim.  It doesn’t even enter their heads to build up a Jewish state in Palestine to live there; all they want is a central organization for their international world swindle, endowed with its own sovereign rights and removed from the intervention of other states: Palestine is a haven for convicted scoundrels and a university for budding crooks.’  ~ Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf. You can share this story on social media:

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