Fewer and fewer reservists are showing up when the Israeli military calls them in. This is reported by the newspaper The Times of Israel.
After Hamas' bloody attack on Israel on October 7 last year, reservists flooded in when called by the military. Often, many more showed up than those who had received orders, the newspaper writes.
But after more than a year of war, the fighting spirit has decreased and burnout among the soldiers is great. In recent weeks, only between 75 and 85 percent of those called in have actually shown up.
Military personnel who have spoken to the newspaper say that the drop-out is also believed to be due to the fact that those called in are away from home for long periods and thus lose their jobs and miss out on studies.
Moreover, many are protesting against the fact that ultra-orthodox Jews are exempt from military service.
When the military called in 1,200 religious men for conscription in August, hundreds of ultra-orthodox Jews clashed with police outside a military base in Tel Aviv.
Since the start of the war, over 300,000 Israeli reservists have been called in for service. Around 780 of them have fallen.
