Health Ministry's solutions for IDF mental health are inadequate, endanger soldiers - opinion

How can we deal with suicide if someone who turns to community mental health care has to wait months and even longer, only to receive a response that is sometimes minimal?

An IDF soldier walks near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in southern Israel, December 31, 2023.

(photo credit: Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters)

ByRAN ZILBER

SEPTEMBER 12, 2025 16:15

Health Ministry's solutions for IDF mental health are inadequate, endanger soldiers - opinion

How can we deal with suicide if someone who turns to community mental health care has to wait months and even longer, only to receive a response that is sometimes minimal?

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Health Ministry's solutions for IDF mental health are inadequate, endanger soldiers - opinion

How can we deal with suicide if someone who turns to community mental health care has to wait months and even longer, only to receive a response that is sometimes minimal?

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