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Israel will call up around 50,000 reservists for new Gaza city offensive, military official says

AL-Monitor
Aug 20, 2025
FILE PHOTO: An Israeli flag flies, near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Israel, March 4, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: An Israeli flag flies, near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Israel, March 4, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo — Ammar Awad

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel will call up around 50,000 reservists for its new Gaza City offensive, and call-up letters will be sent out as soon as the coming days, an Israeli military official said on Wednesday, adding that the reservists' draft will begin in September.

(Reporting by Alexander Cornwell; Writing by Ahmed Elimam; Editing by Alison Williams)