The High Court of Justice offered a compromise to the family of Maj. (res.) Asaf Dagan, who took his own life after suffering from severe PTSD, by allowing him to receive a military burial in a civilian cemetery. The IDF senior command has resisted giving Dagan a military funeral, as fallen soldiers must be in service or on the way to or from service to be recognized. Dagan's family argues that he was on his way to serve in the Air Force command at IDF Headquarters when he took his own life. The IDF has been hesitant to recognize soldiers who die by suicide due to PTSD as fallen soldiers, as it would grant their families additional rights and benefits.
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