Morale among the Israeli army's approximately 300,000 reservists is low. The war in Gaza and Lebanon continues, forcing them to trudge on the ground at the risk of their lives for longer and longer periods.
“This cannot continue, my wife can no longer bear raising our children without a father at home. » This cry from the heart, Yonatan, an Israeli who has served 150 days in reserve since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, did not push it to a left-wing media, but on the antennas of Galei Tsahal, army radio.
He is far from the only one to be on the verge of burnout. According to official statistics, the percentage of Israelis who respond to mobilization orders after completing 32 months of compulsory military service and until the age of 40 is only around 80%. A percentage that may seem high. But at the start of the war, after the shock wave caused on October 7 last year following massacres committed by Hamas in southern Israel, this proportion exceeded 100%, with Israelis who were volunteered to return without having been called to serve.
