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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 373

IDF reserve soldiers

Sgt. Maj. (res.) Ronny Ganizate, who was killed fighting in southern Lebanon on October 10, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 10, 2024, 9:53 am
Reservist killed fighting Hezbollah in Lebanon; Syrian media reports new IDF strikes
Sgt. Maj. (res.) Ronny Ganizate, 36, killed in ground op; IDF says two Hezbollah commanders responsible for firing on Kiryat Shmona killed in south Lebanon airstrike
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Yosi Sochr, 34, an Israeli reservist and father of four who was severely wounded fighting in Gaza, embraces his wife as he recovers at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, September 23, 2024. (REUTERS/Amir Cohen)
October 7, 2024, 12:42 pm
A year on, wounded Israeli reserves soldiers face long road to recovery
For hundreds of thousands of reservists, who bear the brunt of war while meeting family obligations, enduring challenges will impact their lives and Israeli society for years ahead
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Students at the Hebrew University campus in Jerusalem, on May 28, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 18, 2024, 2:06 pm
University heads float academic assistance plan for students serving in reserves
Outline presented in expectation that ‘the call for extended reserve service will continue in the coming academic year,’ set to begin November 3
By Gavriel Fiske
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi meets with officers in the Golan Heights, September 6, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
September 7, 2024, 12:41 am
Military ‘very focused’ on fighting Hezbollah, prepping offensive, IDF chief says
Air Force says it struck over 15 launchers aimed at Israel, some of which detonated rockets that landed in Lebanese territory; Yiftah Brigade finishes exercise for war in north
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: A person being arrested. (BrianAJackson via iStock by Getty images)
September 1, 2024, 11:30 pm
Reservist arrested for attempting to murder Arab passerby in Jerusalem
Shin Bet and police say 34-year-old suspect had racist motives, left house last month with rifle looking for Arab victim, but man he stopped managed to escape
By ToI Staff
Israeli Infantry reservists during light arms training in the Golan Heights before heading south to the Gaza Strip, October 8, 2023. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
August 20, 2024, 7:48 pm
Amid troop shortage, IDF begins calling up 15,000 previously released reservists
Army cancels exemptions due to manpower shortage caused by hostilities in Gaza and the north. Edelstein welcomes move, calls on IDF to join in drafting Haredi enlistment bill
By Sam Sokol and Emanuel Fabian
Participants at a one-day intensive PTSD prevention workshop at the Protective Partnership's 'The Villa' program in Herzliya. Protective Partnership CEO Lilach Felner is second from left. June 13, 2024. (Courtesy)
July 10, 2024, 8:37 am
Intensive one-day retreat program aims to prevent PTSD among IDF reservists
After shedding their battle gear, combat troops make their way to The Villa to learn techniques to help put the traumas of war in the past so they can function now and in the future
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Yoav Bichovsky, intensive care doctor at Soroka Hospital, speaks to Channel 12 from the Loewenstein Rehabilitation Center in an interview screened on July 22, 2024, as he recovers from injuries sustained in an RPG attack while he was in reserve service in Gaza. (Channel 12 Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 23, 2024, 1:43 pm
Wounded in Gaza RPG attack, ICU doctor is treated, unrecognized, by his own colleagues
When the ICU team at Soroka Hospital admitted a reservist seriously wounded and unconscious after an attack in Khan Younis, they didn’t realize it was their colleague Yoav Bichovsky
By ToI Staff
Soldiers carry the coffin of Sgt. First Class (res.) Omer Smadga, 25, who was killed the day before in a mortar strike in central Gaza, at the military cemetery in Netanya, June 21, 2024. (Jack Guez / AFP)
June 21, 2024, 5:57 pm
‘Went out to fight and didn’t come home’: Funerals held for 2 soldiers killed in Gaza
Saadia Yaakov Derai was ‘gentle as a feather’; Omer Smadga, killed on his father’s birthday, insisted on serving: ‘You didn’t hesitate for a second’; 2 reservists killed in mortar strike
By ToI Staff
United Torah Judaism leader Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf in Tel Aviv on February 4, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
June 17, 2024, 5:00 am
Haredi leader Goldknopf on army draft: ‘You don’t want us and you don’t need us’
At event marking Bnei Brak centenery, UTJ chief wonders why ultra-Orthodox parties’ electoral achievements do not enable them to strike deals to avoid enlistment for their community
By ToI Staff
Israeli Infantry reservists during light arms training in the Golan Heights before heading south to the Gaza Strip, October 8, 2023. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
June 16, 2024, 7:45 pm
Government backs new extension to IDF reservists’ service despite backlash
Ministerial Committee supports bill extending emergency measure by three months, endorses Basic Law giving reservists preferential treatment in housing, academia and civil service
By Sam Sokol
Israeli Infantry reservists seen during light arms training in the northern Golan Heights before heading south to the Gaza Strip on October 8, 2023. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
June 14, 2024, 4:47 pm
Cabinet expected to further extend emergency law raising reservists’ retirement age
Opposition slams coalition for deliberating extension at the same time it’s advancing bill to exempt most Haredi students from IDF service, with Lapid accusing government of ‘betrayal’
By Sam Sokol
Yair Golan speaks after the results were announced in the Labor party primary elections, in Tel Aviv, May 28, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
May 30, 2024, 4:52 pm
Accused of advocating wartime IDF refusal, new Labor party head slams ‘manipulation’
Yair Golan says his words at an event earlier this month were distorted; police deny reports that they are probing the former general for incitement
By Sam Sokol
Representatives of the Reservists’ Wives Forum meet with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (left) in early 2024. (Courtesy)
May 28, 2024, 10:48 pm
Knesset passes law barring employers from firing spouses of IDF reservists
Following months of lobbying by Reservists’ Wives Forum, MKs approve measure to ‘protect our dear reservist families’
By ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox men protest against the IDF draft in Jerusalem, April 11, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 28, 2024, 8:43 pm
130 senior economists warn that lack of Haredi enlistment leading country to ‘abyss’
Group alerts lawmakers that the exemption from conscription alongside the funding of religious educational institutions threatens Israel’s existence
By Sharon Wrobel
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