22 Israeli soldiers died by suicide in 2025, the highest number in 15 years

by mgall74 | Jan 1, 2026 | Israeli News

[ad_1] According to IDF data, the number of soldier suicides in 2025 was second only to 2010’s figure, the year after Operation Cast Lead. Army officials warn that the upcoming ‘post-war’ year will be challenging for the mental health of military...

She was given 10 minutes to choose: Be killed by the Taliban or leave her people behind

by mgall74 | Dec 25, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] Benafsha Efaf had just 10 minutes to decide whether to accept an offer to be extricated from Afghanistan. On one hand, she and her husband were in the Taliban’s crosshairs, and she feared deeply for the safety of her 8-year-old daughter. On the other,...

'We're all very engaged with the cultural boycott of Israel and not with the question of why there is a boycott'

by mgall74 | Dec 10, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] A few years ago, a young Palestinian construction worker was doing renovations in author Ayelet Gundar-Goshen’s Tel Aviv home, including when Gundar-Goshen was nursing her then-infant son. It put her on edge that a strange man with a hammer was moving...

In first, an Israeli documentary tackles combat PTSD – from the perspective of women soldiers

by mgall74 | Dec 8, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] For the first time since Israel’s War of Independence, on October 7 and the two-year-long war that followed, women combat soldiers joined their male counterparts on the battlefield on a large scale. They served in tank crews, in search and rescue, in the...

Freed hostage Or Levy: 'Despite everything that happened to me, I don't want my child to grow up racist'

by mgall74 | Nov 20, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] Former hostage Or Levy shared details about bringing up his son without his wife, who was killed on October 7, after being freed from Hamas captivity in February, according to a report published by Israeli news outlet Mako on Wednesday. Levy, who attended the...