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[quote=Anonymous]Suicide rates went down in Israel after 10/7 contrary to what they expected

https://revealinside.in/israel-reports-drop-in-suicide/

https://www.newarab.com/features/suicidal-thoughts-become-common-gazas-children?amp

In Gaza, kids as young as age five want to die  and contemplate and attempt  suicide

On a cold February morning in Rafah, Baraa Shaheen found his six-year-old brother, Nael, quivering under a truck, waiting to be run over. Two days earlier, the house next to their tent had been bombed, scattering their family of seven. In a light blue ragged t-shirt and trousers, Nael lay emaciated, dazed, and confused, pleading for his parents. He told Baraa he wanted to die so he could join his family, whom he thought had died. Baraa, a trained nurse, immediately rushed Nael to Al Nasser Medical Centre and promised he would return with sweets while continuing his search for the family.

"He was thirsty and very cold. I tried to help him as much as I could," recalls Baraa.

Before Baraa could return, Nael died at the Al Nasser Medical Complex, Gaza's largest remaining hospital. Dr Kamal Hamdona said Nael had signs of severe hypothermia, which required urgent medical intervention.

The day after Nael's death, Israeli forces targeted the hospital. On February 18, the hospital ceased its operations, and Dr Kamal Hamdona went missing.

Since then, the Gaza Health Ministry has reported that Israeli forces have detained more than 100 medical professionals – their whereabouts are still unknown. In April, a mass grave with 283 bodies, some of which were stripped naked with hands tied, was found in the hospital grounds.

Overcrowding, bombing, malnutrition, disease and poor sanitation are rampant.

Even before October 7, a psychotherapist in Gaza, Dr Mustafa Elmasri, noted an alarming increase in children who were suicidal and self-harming."

Four or five-year-olds would climb a high building, others would run in front of fast-moving cars, and some would lie under a parked car," he says, describing accounts of some of the patients he has treated.[/quote]

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