{"id":56897,"date":"2025-08-20T10:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T10:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prosfunds.com\/?p=56897"},"modified":"2025-08-20T10:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T10:50:09","slug":"israel-to-call-up-60000-reservists-ahead-of-gaza-city-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prosfunds.com\/?p=56897","title":{"rendered":"Israel to call up 60,000 reservists ahead of Gaza City invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description o3-type-body-base\"><span>Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=34df5836-2c2f-4f4f-90d1-174797e53c0b\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Israel will call up about 60,000 reservists in the coming weeks as it pushes ahead with plans to take control of Gaza City, the Israel Defense Forces said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes two days after Hamas said it had accepted a proposal for a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza, and amid fierce international criticism of Israel\u2019s 22-month offensive, which has caused a humanitarian catastrophe in the Palestinian enclave and caused widespread starvation.<\/p>\n<p>A military official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the first call-up notices would be sent in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>In combination with moves to extend the service period of some reservists already on duty, the draft would bring the number of active reservists to 120,000, the official said. Reservists would have to report in September. The official initially said 50,000 reservists would be called up.<\/p>\n<p>The official said the Israeli military had already begun operations in Jabalia and Zeitoun \u2014 two districts on the outskirts of Gaza City \u2014 as part of its preparations for the offensive, which was approved by Israel\u2019s security cabinet this month.<\/p>\n<p>The official added that the military\u2019s top brass would approve the detailed battle plans in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>Residents of Zeitoun have reported intense shelling in recent days, forcing many of the people sheltering there to flee to other parts of the shattered enclave, much of which Israel\u2019s offensive has reduced to uninhabitable rubble.<\/p>\n<p>The call-ups come as mediators continue their efforts to broker a ceasefire. Diplomats said on Monday that Hamas had accepted a proposal nearly identical to plans originally put forward by US President Donald Trump\u2019s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff in May.<\/p>\n<p>Witkoff\u2019s plan, which Israel had previously agreed to, calls for a 60-day truce and would involve the freeing of some of the 50 hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza \u2014 about 20 of whom are still thought to be alive \u2014 in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners.<\/p>\n<p>However, Israel has yet to respond formally to Hamas\u2019s acceptance of the latest plan, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly insisted Israel will not end its offensive until Hamas has been destroyed, arguing that this is the best way to bring home the remaining hostages.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"n-content-image n-content-image--full\" data-component=\"image-set\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 700px)\"  width=\"2289\" height=\"1526\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 490px)\"  width=\"1527\" height=\"1527\"><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"n-content-picture__caption o3-editorial-typography-caption\"><span>A boy runs away from the site of Israeli air strikes on a building in Jabalia on Tuesday<\/span><span> <!-- -->\u00a9 Bashar Taleb\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Israel\u2019s far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir \u2014 who heads one of two ultranationalist groups on whom Netanyahu depends for his majority \u2014 wrote on social media on Monday that Netanyahu \u201chas no mandate to pursue a partial deal\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The planned intensification of the Israeli offensive \u2014 which has killed more than 62,000 Palestinians, according to local officials \u2014 has drawn condemnation from many of Israel\u2019s allies, including the UK, Germany, France, Canada and Australia.<\/p>\n<p>It has also provoked growing criticism within Israel, with hundreds of thousands of people joining mass protests over the weekend calling for a deal to bring home the hostages and end the war. Two Israeli rights groups last month also accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. <\/p>\n<p>Israel, which is facing similar allegations in a case brought by South Africa at the International Court of Justice and backed by nearly 100 other countries, has denied the accusations of genocide and insists that it is complying with international law.<\/p>\n<p>Israel launched its offensive in response to Hamas\u2019s October 7 2023 attack, during which militants killed 1,200 people, according to Israeli officials, and took a further 250 hostage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/34df5836-2c2f-4f4f-90d1-174797e53c0b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Israel will call up about 60,000 reservists in the coming weeks as it pushes ahead with plans to take control of Gaza City, the Israel Defense Forces said on Wednesday. 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