9,000 Israeli soldiers have received "psychological support" since war began

The Israeli occupation army revealed on Monday evening that about 9,000 of its soldiers have received "psychological assistance" since the beginning of the war on the Gaza Strip last October 7, and about a quarter of them have not returned to the fighting.

9,000 Israeli soldiers have received "psychological support" since war began

The Israeli occupation army revealed on Monday evening that about 9,000 of its soldiers have received "psychological assistance" since the beginning of the war on the Gaza Strip last October 7, and about a quarter of them have not returned to the fighting.

This came according to a new statement revealed by the Army Medical Corps, according to Channel 12 and the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.

"According to the statement, nearly 9,000 soldiers have applied for psychological assistance since the beginning of the war, and nearly a quarter have not returned to combat."

"In total, about 13,000 regular and reserve troops needed some level of escort or medical treatment during the fighting, and thousands of them were wounded in the fighting," the statement said.

Earlier on Monday, the occupation army announced that 19 soldiers and officers have been injured during the past 24 hours in the battles in the Gaza Strip, as clashes continue in the center and south of the Strip as bombing continues.

According to the latest data released by the army on Monday, the number of injured soldiers and officers has increased to 1,042 since the start of its ground offensive on Gaza on October 27, 228 of them seriously injured, while the total number of injured has reached 2,438 since the outbreak of the war on October 7.

The number of Israeli soldiers and officers killed has reached 510 since the start of the war, including some 180 since the ground offensive.

Since Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7, the Israeli army has waged a devastating war on the Gaza Strip that has left 23,840 martyrs, 58,926 wounded, according to the Health Ministry's statements.


Source: Al-Jazeera + Anatolia