According to the Israeli newspaper “Yedioth Ahronoth”, quoted by HLN, no less than 3,769 cases of post-traumatic stress disorder (TSPT) were also identified during this period.
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75,000 TSAhal soldiers have already been declared physically or mentally unfit for work, marked by the war. A figure that could increase to 100,000 within two and a half years. If the majority of them suffer from physical disabilities, the proportion of them psychologically affected could reach 50 % by then.
The shortage of caregivers does not help the situation. It is estimated that a single psychiatrist is available is available for 750 people in need. Mobile units must have been set up to remedy the problem.
A problem that could only get worse. Post-traumatic stress often only intervenes when soldiers leave the army and return to normal life.
Recruitment difficulty
The Israeli army may experience all the difficulties of the world to enlist volunteers. In the wake of October 7, the reservist’s response rate was 120 %. The number of individuals who wanted to engage in the army was then higher than the people mobilized. But since then, this figure has dropped to 60 %.
Last May, TSAhal broke a new record: 450,000 reservists were mobilized, for a period of three months, forcing certain men to leave on a mission for the seventh time.
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