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Israel prepares to call up 450,000 soldiers amid mounting toll on reservists and their families

JL;DR SUMMARY Amid ongoing military operations in Gaza following Hamas attacks, Israel is facing unprecedented strain on its reservist soldiers and their families. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Israeli PoliticsMental HealthPtsdGaza ConflictMilitary ServiceIsraeli ReservistsEconomic ImpactHaredi ExemptionMilitary Call UpReservists' Families

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Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"TEL AVIV Tzemach David Schloss has spent 290 days in Israels army reserves over the last 19 months."
Jerusalem, Israel
"IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir speaks during an event for soldiers as part of Israels 77th Independence Day celebrations, at the Presidents Residence in Jerusalem on May 1, 2025."
Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"After being released from his first stint in the reserves, Zalcman returned to his teaching job at a high school in Ramat Gan a decision he now says was a mistake."
Nir Tzvi, Central District, Israel
"He moved to a therapy farm in the central Israeli community of Nir Tzvi, then, at the urging of friends, traveled to Thailand."
Koh Phangan, Surat Thani, Thailand
"A few months later, he found himself in Koh Phangan, at a retreat called Davids Circle, a loosely structured healing space frequented by reservists."
Golan Heights, Central District, Israel
"An IDF reservist walks near the Syrian border in northern Golan Heights on Oct. 8, 2023."
Jaffa, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Kaley Halperin, an American-Israeli musician living in Jaffa, is one of the hundreds of thousands of Israeli women whose husbands reported for service on Oct. 7."

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