While the official narrative from Tel Aviv focuses on hiding the death toll, the revelation of psychological disorders among 10,000 military personnel and 19,000 injuries exposes a deeper reality: a regime suffering severe erosion on the psychological front. PTSD, chronic depression, sleep disorders, and severe anxiety among Israeli soldiers clearly show that the Israeli army is facing a crisis not only on the battlefield but also in its psychological structure. Military analysts have described this situation as “inability to reconstruct the capability to fight,” which signals strategic weakness in facing a war of attrition.
Human losses: a reflection of resistance and urban fighting
The revelation of statistics regarding the wounded and the types of physical injuries — including 33 percent limb injuries, 13 percent injuries to the head and neck, and 7 percent injuries to the spine — reveals the harsh realities of the battlefield. These data not only show how severe the conflicts have been but also indicate the fighting skills of the resistance forces and their use of urban tactics, with which the Israeli army is unfamiliar. Limb and spinal injuries are more common in close-range combat, indicating that Palestinian resistance has moved beyond a defensive mode and into a deliberate and close-quarters phase of attacks.
Collapse of cohesion in reserve and permanent forces
Analysis of the distribution of injuries provides significant evidence of a structural crisis in the Israeli army. Sixty-five percent of the injured belong to the reserve forces — individuals who received only short-term training and possess wavering morale — indicating their unsuitability for heavy combat. In contrast, the injuries to 18 percent of official forces and 7 percent of permanent army members clearly show that even the professional core of the army has not been immune to the shock. The involvement of 10 percent of security forces and 7 percent of injured women indicates the emergency and irregular deployment of non-standard forces to the battlefield — a sign of personnel fatigue and shortages of fresh troops.
Strategic consequences for the Israeli army's future
As the Gaza War continues and the conflicts intensify, the Israeli army faces an additional challenge: on one hand, the need to maintain military strength against Hamas and its allies, and on the other, the rapid rehabilitation of a damaged and exhausted force. The rise in psychological disorders, the inability to reintegrate reserve forces, and the declining motivation among the Jewish public to serve in the military are all serious threats to the near-term effectiveness of the Zionist regime’s military capabilities. According to security experts, today’s wounds are the cracks of tomorrow in the body of the Israeli army — cracks that no amount of censorship can conceal.
NOURNEWS