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Israel is considering reducing the number of reserve forces in the army who were called up for the war on Gaza stripThis is due to the high economic cost, according to the Israeli Broadcasting Authority.
The (official) authority said today, Friday, that the Israeli security service is studying the possibility of reducing the number of reserve forces that were called up with the outbreak of the current war against the movement. agitation A portion of its staff was laid off.
She added that this comes due to the high economic cost and damage to the country’s economy as a result of the absence of members of these forces from their homes and workplaces.
At the beginning of the war on the Gaza Strip on October 7, Israel announced the call-up of 360,000 reserve forces, and the authority indicated that so far more than 200,000 soldiers from these forces have been mobilized.
The authority said that the direct cost of reserve soldiers’ salaries is about 5 billion shekels ($1.3 billion) per month, in addition to the cost of losing working days for these soldiers, which is estimated at about 1.6 billion shekels ($427 million).
She added that the possibility of adopting flexibility regarding the service of reserve soldiers is being studied, allowing them to return to their work for long periods.
The official authority added that the matter “is still under study, subject to security needs and the changing field reality.”
Israel had announced through more than one of its officials that the war on Gaza would be long, but some of them said that it would be longer than they expected due to the fierce resistance that the occupation army met during its ground incursion.
In addition to Gaza, the Israeli army is mobilizing its forces on the northern border with Lebanon in anticipation of a war with Hezbollah, and it is feared that the situation will explode in the West Bank as well.
Increasing losses
It seems that the welfare economy that Israel has promoted over the past decades may become a thing of the past.
The figures show that Tel Aviv is suffering huge economic losses due to the war it is waging on the Gaza Strip. Most indicators have collapsed, from the stock market to real estate and banks, in addition to the decline of the shekel, the labor market, and the performance of technology companies.
For 42 days, the Israeli army has been waging a devastating war on Gaza, leaving more than 11,500 martyrs – most of them women and children – in addition to about 30,000 injured and massive destruction of residential neighborhoods, vital facilities and hospitals.
