Israeli soldiers patrolling in the Gaza Strip. (Credit: Photo provided by the Israeli army/AFP)
The Israeli army boasted the day after the deadly Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023 that it had "mobilized more reservists" quicker than ever before, according to a spokesperson cited by in The Times of Israel. Hundreds of thousands of reservists, some from the U.S., Canada, and France, rushed to report for duty, ready to be deployed to Gaza in response to what was seen as a collective trauma. Over a year after the war began in the Palestinian enclave, the mood has significantly changed.On Oct.15, the Israeli media outlet HaMakom reported that an increasing number of soldiers are refusing to return to battlefields in Gaza, the West Bank, or Lebanon, based on interviews with about 20 soldiers and their parents. HaMakom detailed how the "Nahal" brigade members usually fought for five weeks in Gaza before a rest break,...
The Israeli army boasted the day after the deadly Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023 that it had "mobilized more reservists" quicker than ever before, according to a spokesperson cited by in The Times of Israel. Hundreds of thousands of reservists, some from the U.S., Canada, and France, rushed to report for duty, ready to be deployed to Gaza in response to what was seen as a collective trauma. Over a year after the war began in the Palestinian enclave, the mood has significantly changed.On Oct.15, the Israeli media outlet HaMakom reported that an increasing number of soldiers are refusing to return to battlefields in Gaza, the West Bank, or Lebanon, based on interviews with about 20 soldiers and their parents. HaMakom detailed how the "Nahal" brigade members usually fought for five weeks in Gaza before a rest break,...