Overview

• The military plans to call up 60,000 additional reservists and extend the service of 20,000 more as it prepares for operations in Gaza City.
• Officers report 40% to 50% no-shows in some reserve units, while the IDF has not released aggregate figures on dropouts.
• Senior officials say internal objections include concerns over reservists’ fitness, with reports that Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir opposed expanding the offensive for readiness reasons.
• Reservists cite exhaustion, family and job pressures, mental health strains and growing disillusionment, and only a few ideological refusals have led to short military prison terms.
• Simultaneous commitments in Gaza, southern Lebanon, Syria and major West Bank incursions are stretching manpower, and analysts warn the current model is unsustainable.