The Israeli army announced the killing of 44 of its soldiers in 2022, including three who died in clashes with Palestinian militants in the West Bank and 14 who committed suicide.
This is according to a statement by the Personnel Department (Department of Personnel) of the Israeli Army, which it released on its website on Tuesday evening, saying that 44 Israeli soldiers were killed last year compared to 31 in 2021.
He explained that “3 people died in clashes in the West Bank and 17 in other accidents, including 3 in industrial accidents (killed by mistake by colleagues), 2 in plane crashes, 1 soldier in a training accident, 6 in civil traffic accidents. accidents and 1 soldier in accidents.” military roads, and 4 in other accidents.
According to the statement, 14 Israeli soldiers died in 2022, three more than in 2021, and another 10 died from various diseases.
The statement said that 158 Israelis were also seriously injured in 2022.
For his part, Chief of Staff Brigadier General Yoram Kanfo said the Israeli army has taken a number of measures to reduce suicide among its soldiers, including increasing the number of psychiatrists and limiting soldiers’ access to weapons, the same source said. .
The Jewish newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that the number of dead soldiers in 2022 is the highest in 5 years.
She explained that 43 Israeli soldiers were killed in 2018, 27 in 2019, 28 in 2020 and 31 in 2021.
Source: agencies