Suicide

Israeli combat veterans with PTSD and families not receiving enough support from the state - survey

Survey reveals major gaps in PTSD support for Israeli combat veterans and their families: most receive no treatment, many unaware of their rights, and children are also affected.

 Among the symptoms: uncontrollable tremors, sleep disturbances and tantrums. IDF soldiers in action in Khan Yunis
Kurt Cobain of Nirvana during the taping of MTV Unplugged at Sony Studios in New York City, 11/18/93. (Photo by )

New claims allege Kurt Cobain’s death may have been homicide, police reaffirm stance - report

 ‘INADEQUATE SLEEP raises the risk for numerous health conditions, including heart attacks, diabetes, obesity, and cancer, and too little sleep is also linked with an increased likelihood of developing mental disorders, such as anxiety, depression, and even suicidal tendencies.’

Three hundred Israelis took own life in 2025, some 7,000 attempted suicide, Health Ministry reveals

Joshua Boone.

My friend and IDF hero Josh Boone: May his memory be a blessing - opinion


Two MKs urge Katz to recognize Roi Wasserstein, reservist who died by suicide, as fallen soldier

In separate letters, the MKs described Wasserstein's extensive combat service during he ongoing Israel-Hamas war and the severe psychological toll it took on him.

Roi Wasserstein, 24, an off-duty IDF reservist who committed suicide on July 30, 2025.

IDF backtracks on refusal to recognize reservist who took own life as fallen soldier

Roi had been sharing difficult experiences from his reserve service, and spoke repeatedly about the horrors which he had experienced, Army Radio's Doron Kadosh reported with the family's permission.

IDF soldiers pay respects to loved ones who fell in battle at Mount Herzl Cemetery in Jerusalem, April 28, 2025

Knesset members urge Yuli Edelstein to lead discussion on IDF suicides, mental health crisis

Nine members of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee sent a letter calling for an immediate discussion on what they described as a sharp and troubling rise in suicides within the IDF.

An IDF soldier sits on a beach in Tel Aviv

Father confesses to honor killing 16-year-old daughter over TikTok use

The 16-year-old's family initially tried to cover up the murder as a suicide.

A view of the Spanish Steps after ''Bruciamo tutto'' (Let's burn everything) activists poured red paint to protest against femicides in Rome, Italy, June 26, 2024. (illustrative)

Sacked Russian transport minister found dead in his car with gunshot wound

A presidential decree published earlier on Monday gave no reason for the dismissal of Roman Starovoit, 53, after barely a year in the job.

  Russian Minister of Transport Roman Starovoit arrives at a meeting of President Vladimir Putin with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, May 7, 2025.

Second time in two weeks: Murder-suicide in Rehovot

The police believe that a man hit his mother on the head, causing her death, after which he jumped off a roof to his death.

 Police at the scene of a shooting in Tira. August 22, 2023

Mother, son perish in fire in Modi’in apartment, authorities investigating

Ynet reported, sourcing the Modi’in police, that one investigative route being pursued is that she killed her son, locked the house up, set it aflame, and took her own life.

 A general view of the central Israeli city of Modi'in, February 7, 2025.

Nechama Grief Counseling: Performing a needed service for grieving Israelis - in English

Nechama Grief Counseling’s Ruth Edel says counselors perform a much-needed service – especially now.

 NECHAMA GRIEF Counselor training session.

Three hospitalized patients at Sheba attempt to take their own lives within 48-hour period

All three patients are currently receiving treatment in the intensive care unit after sustaining multiple fractures.

 Sheba Medical Center

Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre dies by suicide, her family says

Giuffre, 41, died on Friday in Western Australia state, where she had been living for several years, the family said in an emailed statement.

Virginia Giuffre, an alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein, walks after the hearing in the criminal case against Epstein, who died this month in what a New York City medical examiner ruled a suicide, at Federal Court in New York, U.S., August 27, 2019.