I suppose the clinical term for what many Israeli soldiers are experiencing is “moral injury”. Most people are not cut out for massacring thousands of innocent civilians. They follow orders, even when those orders result in the blood of infants on their hands, and they live with it for the rest of their lives. Or they determine that they cannot live with it, and take their own life. The phenomenon of moral injury became a topic of fascination with the development and deployment of drone warfare. Drone pilots, sitting in perfect safety on an American military base, began developing symptoms of PTSD. Why? Because they were committing murder, and no amount of, “it’s war!”, could assuage their soul. The feeling that one has crossed a line, than one not only has damned themselves, but that they deserve damnation. The certain knowledge that they’ve transformed into monsters.
🚨🇮🇱 BREAKING: Nearly 50 ISRAELI soldiers have committed SUICIDE due to 'psychological disorders' since the start of the Gaza genocide. pic.twitter.com/lqz4h2wbS0
— Legitimate Targets (@LegitTargets) May 20, 2025
