Veterans

As Israel’s PTSD crisis deepens, new treatment offers hope for scarred IDF veterans

Combat veterans fight for recognition and care, while a new treatment emerges as a possible solution for PTSD.

PTSD illustration.
U.S. President Donald Trump reacts during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 26, 2026 in Washington, DC.

US veterans disturbed by President Trump’s 'trivialization' of war

Police block an entrance road after a gunman opened fire at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, U.S., March 12, 2026, in a still image from video.

Old Dominion shooting victim identified as US Army veteran Lt. Col. Brandon Shah

MACCABI WORLD UNION CEO Roy Hessing (left) and Tikkun Olam Makers founder Gidi Grinstein pose after signing their organizations' collaboration agreement.

Maccabi, TOM team up for disabled IDF veterans


Hundreds of disabled IDF veterans protest by Knesset, Defense Ministry

Promised reforms for the rights of disabled veterans have been stalled as the Finance and Defense ministries squabble over budget.

Israeli veterans and disabled IDF soldiers protest outside the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, for better financial and medical aid and support,  May 5, 2021.

IDF disabled veterans group sets up protest tent at Knesset

The reform, called "One Soul" is designed to improve the treatment and rehabilitation of disabled IDF veterans.

The IDF disabled veterans organization set up a protest tent outside of the Knesset Monday which will be manned 24/7 after the government did not approve a plan for reform in the treatment of IDF veterans Monday.

Disabled IDF veterans protest as Saidian remains in critical condition

Caregivers announce that they would be holding a full strike of services until the Defense Ministry fixes issues with their working conditions.

A protest by disabled IDF veterans in Tel Aviv, April 18, 2021

IDF vet's self-immolation leads to protests outside Defense Ministry

The protests demanded there be changes in the defense ministry's rehabilitation program, claiming it "provides disabled veterans with poor treatment and steals their rights."

An IDF soldier

Disabled IDF veteran sets himself on fire outside Defense Ministry

MDA medics classified him as being in severe condition and suffering from intense burns which cover his entire body.

MDA on the scene 370

Israeli Air Force officer, 105 years old, promoted to Colonel

The IDF said in a statement that Alex Ziloni has given “many decades of dedication to the State of Israel.”

American pilots who volunteered for Israel during the 1948 War of Independence.

British 100-year-old walking hero Captain Tom Moore died of COVID-19

"It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our dear father, Captain Sir Tom Moore," his daughters said in a statement.

Retired British Army Captain Tom Moore, 99, poses after he continued to raise money for health workers, by attempting to walk the length of his garden one hundred times before his 100th birthday this month as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Marston Moretaine, Britain, April 1

Who was Captain Tom, British war veteran who became famous overnight?

Here are some facts about Captain Tom, as he is known to the British public.

Retired British Army Captain Moore walks to raise money for health workers

Last widow of US Civil War veteran dies at age 101

Few knew about the marriage, which was kept secret to avoid a scandal.

Cub Scout Colten Short, 10, of Arlington, salutes a grave after fixing a flag in front of a headstone ahead of the Memorial Day weekend at West Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee, US May 19, 2020.

Why did the Golani Brigade commander burn a platoon's flags and symbols?

One former staff sargeant said he recognized his strap and several of the flags in the pictures, adding that he believed the incident was disrespectful to past generations and fallen soldiers.

Golani soldiers during their swearing in ceremony at the Western Wall.