from Sputnik News:
After the current spiral of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict escalated in October 2023, Israel’s reserve recruitment rates initially stood at 100%. However, the protracted duration of the broadening conflagration appears to have dampened the motivation of reservists.
War fatigue is starting to erode Israel’s military as it ploughs on with its relentless war on Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
TRUTH LIVES on at https://sgtreport.tv/
Burnout is making the country’s reservists increasingly unwilling to report for duty, according to Israeli media reports. Enlistment numbers have dropped by about 15% since the period after Hamas’ incursion of October 7, 2023, a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a briefing.
Immediately after the Palestinian-Israeli conflict escalated, about 350,000 Israelis were called up. However, after participating in battles for months, many are now refusing to comply with orders to be deployed for a new round of fighting.
“The resource of reservists is not unlimited, and it is very difficult for people to be so absent in the midst of daily life. That is why there is a silent refusal to report for service, without protests or in a public way. They cannot be argued with, or demanded by force to come,” army sources told Yedioth Ahronoth.
