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Month of reserve duty costs Israel up to $23,000 per soldier

Treasury report finds the burden falls overwhelmingly on non-Haredi Jewish men ages 25-44, who tend to earn more, have young children and are more likely to be students than their peers

Gad Lior | 08.25.26

Her grandfather was taken hostage. She chose to join the system she wants to change

Noam Sapir was supposed to begin her third year of law studies through the IDF on the day her grandfather, Shlomo Mansour, was kidnapped from Kibbutz Kissufim and taken into Gaza; even after learning he was murdered in captivity, she decided to continue on the officer's track

Gal Ganot | 08.05.26

"כמילואימנקים, כל החיים שלנו הפכו להיות בערפל. הלימודים, הקריירה, העבודה, המשפחה". למצולמים אין קשר לנאמר בכתבה

Israeli reservists risk losing up to 20% of their pay as careers and studies stall

A new Taub Center study warns that prolonged reserve duty since October 7 is delaying studies, stalling careers and eroding wages, as some 70,000 students served in the past year and average compensation per reserve day fell about 30%

Gal Ganot | 07.31.26

פעילות כוחות צוות הקרב החטיבתי "המחץ" (14) בצפון רצועת עזה

'Nobody at the top really cares': IDF short 12,000 troops as Haredi draft arrests are scrapped

Reservists warn repeated deployments are breaking families, livelihoods and combat readiness, while commanders say the army could lose five battalions without longer mandatory service; 'Soldiers are openly saying, "I'm not coming for the next round"'

Elisha Ben Kimon | 07.14.26

הושלם הסבב הלחימה השישי של לוחמי חטיבת ירושלים בעזה

IDF trims reserve call-ups as fighting winds down on multiple fronts

Military says some units will see personnel cut by up to 50% as emergency mobilization and nonessential activities scaled back following new operational assessment

Gal Ganot | 07.10.26

Reservist after 600 days of service: 'We're being torn apart'

After more than 600 days in the reserves, Capt. R is preparing for another deployment while his pregnant wife cares for their two children; The couple say the war's burden is falling on the same families again and again

Gal Ganot | 07.02.26

אמברגו 22.06 06:00 פעילות כוחות צה"ל בדרום לבנון

IDF warns 8,000 reservists a day needed as conscription law stalls

As Israel prepares to shorten compulsory service to 30 months without passing a planned extension, military officials warn of deepening manpower shortages across multiple active fronts, increasing pressure on reservists already serving extended periods

Yossi Yehoshua | 07.01.26

היחידה הרב-מימדית פותחת פלוגת מילואים חדשה שתתמחה בלוחמה רחפנים

Precise assassination machine: IDF forms elite reserve drone-strike unit

Built from veterans of the multidimensional 'Refaim' unit, Yahtak combines intelligence, drones and precision firepower as the army faces a deep manpower shortage

Elisha Ben Kimon | 05.28.26

מורה מילואימניקית ד"ר יעל נמט ישיבת אמית עמיחי התגייסה גיל 40 צה"ל מתמטיקה

Math teacher enlists at 48: ‘In the classroom or in uniform, it’s the same mission’

After five family members were called up on October 7, Dr. Yael Nemet enlisted in IDF reserves, serving in the Negev Brigade while continuing to prepare her students for their finals

Tamar Trabelsi-Hadad | 05.09.26

Undercover officer turned singer ends reserve role, releases first song under real name

After gaining attention during the war under a hidden identity, Matan Hassan reveals himself, ending his undercover reserve role and releasing 'Not Afraid' under his real name

Ran Boker | 05.06.26

Israel was built by engineers and it will be secured by them too

Opinion: Israel’s wartime resilience depends on engineers — from missile defense and intelligence systems to the classrooms training the next generation while hundreds of students serve in uniform

Prof. Yossi Rosenwaks | 04.29.26

ח' ו-י', שני לוחמי צה"ל במילואים שנפצעו בלבנון ומאושפזים באיכילוב

Friends for 20 years, wounded in Lebanon and hospitalized side by side: 'It’s a shared fate'

Two reservists who became close friends in the Givati reconnaissance unit 20 years ago were seriously wounded by a Kornet missile in Lebanon last month; now hospitalized side by side, they plan to return to reserve duty after rehab

Or Hadar | 04.21.26

Cluster missile hits Kiryat Ata, severe damage, elderly man injured; reserve duty extended

'79-year-old lightly hurt as vehicles burn and buildings damaged; IDF to issue new draft orders and extend reserve service to nine weeks amid ongoing war'

ynet Global | 04.03.26

'We haven’t spoken since last week': reserve duty keeps Israeli families apart on Passover

Families of reservists face another Seder apart as fathers remain deployed, some after months in uniform, while in one Nahariya family both parents serve but reunite for the holiday

Gal Ganot | 03.31.26

משפחת ריזמוביץ. מתגעגעים לאבא | צילום: באדיבות המשפחה

‘Dad left with the siren’: families mark Purim under fire as parents called up to reserves

Parades and parties canceled nationwide as more than 100,000 Israelis called up to reserve duty; families across the country juggle sirens and separation, determined to preserve the holiday spirit for their children

Gal Ganot | 03.03.26