“It's too much for me”: Israeli reservists refuse to fight in Gaza

Israel announced that it will extend its military operations in the Gaza Strip, with the objective of dominating 'large areas' of Palestinian territory

While Israel continues its offensive in the Gaza Strip and claims to want to seize "large areas" of the Palestinian territory, the Israeli army faces a major problem: many reservists refuse to report for service. Declining numbers in an army dependent on the reservists The Israeli army relies largely on its reservists, but some battalions are now down by up to 50 per cent, according to the newspaper Haaretz. An increasing number of soldiers refu…