'I felt I was a monster': IDF soldiers talk about the 'moral injury' – and the silence

Some of them killed civilians in Gaza; others just looked on, or witnessed abuse and cover-ups in the name of revenge. Now they're trying to cope with something a bit different than PTSD

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'I felt I was a monster': IDF soldiers talk about the 'moral injury' – and the silence

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Some of them killed civilians in Gaza; others just looked on, or witnessed abuse and cover-ups in the name of revenge. Now they're trying to cope with something a bit different than PTSD

10:17 AM • April 17 2026 IDT

Yuval sits biting his nails, his legs fidgety. It's noon in Tel Aviv and the street is full of people. Sometimes he looks around, anxiously scanning the people passing by. "Sorry," he says. "My biggest fear is a vendetta."

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