Israel's war-weary Reservists look for an end to fighting

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Posted on 12/27/2024 5:15:34 AM PST by RandFan

Israel’s war on multiple fronts has not just worn down its enemy. It's not just taken the lives of thousands of civilians in Gaza and Lebanon. It’s also continuing to extract a price from its own people.

There’s a growing sense of war weariness in Israel. The recent ceasefire deal with Lebanon will be a relief for many. Not least for Noam Glukhovsky – an IDF reservist, who’s spent much of the past year serving on the front line as a medic.

We spoke to Noam, 33, in Tel Aviv before the ceasefire was announced. “We can’t keep doing this war for much longer. We just don’t have the manpower to keep going on without a clear end date and goal,” he said.

As an IDF reservist Noam would normally expect to do a few weeks of military service a year. But this past year he’s spent 250 days in uniform. The war, he said, had ripped him away from the life he knew. His plans to become a doctor have also been set back by a year.

When we meet Noam was trying to catch up with his studies, but also waiting to see whether he’d be called up again. His mood was defiant.

“I can’t put my life on hold anymore,” he said.

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Seems a bit of war-weariness there also ultra orthodox Jews wont fight saying their lives are dedicated to study.

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