Trauma

'Ecology of healing': Israel's October 7 trauma victims say the system is failing them

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS: Experts say Israel’s war-trauma system must evolve from disability ratings to rehabilitation. Will the next Knesset prioritize reform?

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Bereaved families, friends, and soldiers stand still as a two-minute siren sounds across Israel, marking Memorial Day which commemorates the fallen Israeli soldiers and victims of terror at the site of the Nova music festival massacre, in Re'im forest, near the Israel-Gaza border, April 21.
IDF soldiers patrol by the Lebanese border in northern Israel, June 9, 2026

Israel launches major reform for wounded soldiers as PTSD cases continue to surge

The reform is based on the June 7 recommendations of a government committee that suggested radical changes to the handling of 50,000 emotional trauma cases of former IDF soldiers.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
From left: Ahlam Daniel, retired judge Dvora Berliner, journalist Vered Pelman, Taisia Zamolowski, Orit Sulitzeanu, 'N', Hila Tzur, and Hanania Rotem.

When the law fails to understand trauma, it fails justice - opinion

For more than three decades, ARCCI has witnessed the reality of sexual trauma firsthand. Every year, tens of thousands of survivors turn to Israel’s rape crisis centers.

|ByORIT SULITZEANU
The Fifth Element

Sheba opens trauma treatment space in the heart of nature

The new center, the Fifth Element, which opened at the Sheba Rehabilitation Hospital, offers an innovative treatment combining nature, psychotherapy, bodywork, and community.

|ByAVICHAY CHAIM

Western collective Stockholm Syndrome: Empathizing with those who threaten it - opinion

What happened in Stockholm over six days, the West has been doing, collectively, gradually, and largely without acknowledgement for the better part of three decades.

MAY 6, 2026ByMAX RADFORD
People take part in a 'Stop Bombing Iran' protest organized by Stop the War Coalition and Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, in London, Britain, June 23, 2025

Israel's greatest generations: Gen Zers, millennials who answered the call after Oct. 7 - opinion

They have saved us from annihilation, and it is up to us, Israelis, Jews, and anyone who values decency and humanity, to help them rebuild.

MAY 4, 2026ByOREN BAR-NER
IDF troops operate behind the Yellow Line in Gaza, November 20, 2025.

Former Welfare Ministry official joins Yashar!, Eisenkot vows post-war trauma rehabilitation plan

Yehezkeli, 48, is a Jerusalem resident and mother of two who has held a range of roles in government ministries and in social organizations.

APRIL 30, 2026ByKESHET NEEV
Yashar! Party leader Gadi Eisenkot speaks in Herzliya, April 26, 2026; illustrative.

What we get when we’ve nothing left to give - opinion

Nearly 40% of Israeli civilians fall within the clinical range for probable PTSD.

APRIL 29, 2026ByJUDAH KOLLER
YEMANU BINYAMIN Zalka, 21, was stabbed in Petah Tikva on Independence Day and later succumbed to his wounds.

The ecosystem of healing

Why we treat the whole tree, not just the branch

APRIL 29, 2026ByERAN ZIMRIN, IN COLLABORATION WITH ELI
Little Twin Girls are sitting and ancient old olive tree. Children are enjoying big and old ancient olive tree in the olive garden in Mediterranean

'Totally lost': Israel's next generation faces rising wartime trauma, study warns

New data reveal deepening trauma of Israeli children in the northern and southern border regions

APRIL 28, 2026ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH
A study has found that there has been “a multidimensional decline in the emotional resilience and functioning among children and youth living along Israel’s northern and southern borders.

A generational crisis: Israel's most vulnerable children pay war's steepest price

How the Israel-Iran conflict has shattered the lives of at-risk children and youth

APRIL 28, 2026ByRINA EDELSTEIN
At-risk youth in Israel are slipping into a deepening generational crisis after two years of war.

Why do people with post-trauma avoid dental treatments?

Studies from Israel and around the world indicate a clear link between PTSD and avoidance of dental treatment and an increase in gum diseases. Why does this happen?

APRIL 23, 2026ByDR. LIOR LEVY
Why do people with post-trauma avoid dental treatments?

‘Everything went dark’: A survivor’s visceral account of the 2003 Tel Aviv beach bombing

Twenty-three years after the Mike’s Place suicide attack, a survivor describes the chilling moment his reality shifted and who he believes saved him.

APRIL 16, 2026ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
A young Israeli couple kiss 06 May 2003 during a memorial gathering at the beachfront Tel Aviv bar, Mike's Place, which was hit by a suicide bomber a week earlier. The bar reopened as Israelis celebrated their 55th independence day.

A shattered covenant: Israel’s lone soldiers and the broken promise of care

Joshua Boone served for 748 days in the Gaza war. He kept his side of the covenant.  Did Israel keep its side?

APRIL 11, 2026ByYAEL SIMON
LATE LONE SOLDIER: M. Sgt (res.) Joshua Boone, 2024.