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Israeli soldier who fought in Gaza commits suicide on his wedding day, exposing army’s deep crisis (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
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An Israeli reserve soldier who took part in the genocide in Gaza committed suicide on Tuesday in his apartment in the central Israeli city of Rehovot, on the very day of his wedding, according to the Hebrew daily Maariv.

The paper reported that the 31-year-old soldier was scheduled to be married that evening but was found dead in his home after taking his own life. Ambulance crews arriving at the scene pronounced him dead, and police said circumstances remain under investigation.

The incident adds to what Israeli media have described as an alarming rise in suicides among army personnel, especially reservists, since October 2023, when Israel launched its genocidal war on Gaza.

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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Looking at my own history that is hard to do. Few people have the psychological strength to resist participating.

And that is not a failing unique to them. Lots of people I know did bad things while in uniform and regretted it years later.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    "It's hard to not be a genocidal colonizer if you grow up that way".

    No it isn't. It's just unlikely to actually happen at all because a genocidal colonizer society brings people up in that culture. It is not difficult, and is even a passive thing to do, to simply not support that effort. Even just refusing to join the IDF just nets you a few months in a cushy "prison" and slightly limits a professional networking opportunity (yes, they think that way). Compare that to the alternative, which is actively partaking in genocide colonialism.

    Sympathize with the oppressed, not the oppressors.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    The thing is that i don't believe he committed suicide because he regrated participating just like Hitler didn't kill himself because he regrated the holocaust

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Most people who participate in war crimes live on. The criminals become part of the problem regardless of what they would choose earlier. Sometimes this does utterly break people. But not often.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    We are talking about a genocidal state and terrorist army here

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yes, and unfortunately many ordinary people can do that.

    I live in Texas, and have been long listening to the stories of people who committed American war crimes .

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I have no problem with soldiers who really regret their crimes and atone what they are done by participating in humanitarian stuffs . This soldier committed suicide rather than doing that so nothing of value was lost

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