Tel Aviv, March 13 -- After more than a year of war, post-traumatic stress disorder among Israelis, particularly among young adults, is soaring, according to research released by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev on Thursday.

While PTSD has become more widespread among Israelis after over a year of fighting Hamas and Hezbollah, the study said individuals ages 18-30 were particularly affected due to their high rate of military service, personal losses, and displacement from their homes.

"This is one of the groups that was most significantly affected," said Dr. Stav Shapira, from the Department of Emergency Medicine at Ben-Gurion University and one of the study's authors. "There is a high proportion of reserve service members, spouses of...