Some 40 percent of Israeli children suffer moderate to severe symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, a new study found. Of the 3,000 children who took part in the Tel Aviv University study, 70 percent said terrorism had affected their lives, while 20 percent had a relative who was exposed to an attack and two percent said they were directly affected by a terrorist attack, the daily Ha’aretz reported.
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