Advertising a possible Lebanon incursion?…..
And a hit on their economy and weapon stocks….
The move also has internal political issues….
Amid a persistent manpower shortage caused by the ongoing war in Gaza, the defense establishment has started recalling to duty some 15,000 previously exempted reservists.
In a joint statement on Monday, the Israel Defense Forces and Defense Ministry explained that the decision to cancel the soldiers’ demobilization followed a new assessment of “the scope of the activities of the standing army and reserve forces, and as part of a process planned by the IDF to increase the reserve of service members.”
The IDF said that it has already begun to call up relevant Israelis who served in critical roles, and those who are fit to return to serve as reservists will do so “according to the operational need.”
The reservists set to be recalled to duty are those who were released from service due to the army closing units or reducing manpower in certain units, and who are younger than the exemption age, which is 40 for most soldiers, 45 for officers, and 49 for specialists….
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In another effort to alleviate manpower shortages, the government last month voted to back a bill lengthening mandatory service for male IDF soldiers to three years.
According to the proposed legislation, for the next five years, male soldiers will serve 36 months, meaning the order will effectively cover a period of eight years.
At the same time, the IDF has begun slowly calling up members of the ultra-Orthodox community in the wake of a High Court of Justice ruling that there is no legal basis for excluding Haredi men from the military draft…..
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Israel Defense Forces (IDF) leadership is signaling to its forces that it will conduct a major ground operation into Lebanon imminently.
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