Netanyahu hasn’t met any families of 62 Israeli soldiers killed this year: Report
According to Israel’s Haaretz newspaper, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has failed to meet any of the families of the 62 Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza this year.
The report said Netanyahu only managed to visit two families who lost family members in previous wars, and whose remains were returned to Israel this year.
Meanwhile, Netanyahu met with freed captives and the relatives of those still held in Gaza since October 2023 roughly 50 times and spoke with them by phone on 36 occasions, the report said.
Israeli soldier dies by suspected suicide at military base
An Israeli soldier was found dead yesterday at the Sde Teiman military base and detention camp in southern Israel, in what appears to be a case of death by suicide, the Times of Israel newspaper has reported.
The outlet said the Israeli military has opened an investigation into the circumstances around the soldier’s death.
It quoted the Israeli military as saying that the soldier was interrogated by the military police shortly before his death. The interrogation was unrelated to an “operational incident”, it added.
In November last year, Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported that at least six Israeli soldiers had taken their own lives, with the outlet citing severe psychological distress caused by prolonged wars in Gaza and Lebanon as the primary cause.
