IDF reserves, or miluim, refers to the reservist duty many Israelis have to do for several years after they finish their regular military service.
While many Israelis are regularly called up for reserve duty for training, on occasion the IDF can put out a mass call-up for reservists during times of conflict, as was the case following the October 7 massacre when Israel launched a war against Hamas in Gaza.
The survey polled 800 reservists who fought in the Israel-Hamas War.
Prior to the war, there were around 62,000 injured soldiers from all prior wars and battles, of which 18%, or 11,000, had emotional harm.
The reserve brigades, known as the "David Brigades," will carry out defensive missions along various borders.
"We need a draft so that haredim don’t drift off and evolve into a separate people not just distinct from, but separated from, the rest of Jewry. We need each other too much for that to happen."
The organization is coordinating groups it anticipates will move to the Gaza border region, the Jordan Valley, the Galilee, and parts of the Negev.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, and politicians from along the political spectrum came out to attack Lador's comments.
The war is also taking a psychological toll on thousands of lone soldiers, most of whom need mental health support.
The Inside Israeli Innovation Podcast with Eve Young: Season 2, Episode 39.
The NII also offered to freeze debts for some reservists, according to the KAN report.
This sounds like a vicious cycle of clearing areas again and again from Hamas, which the IDF chief of staff describes as a “Sisyphean task.”
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