Politics

Troops operated to remove threat by striking and dismantling camera

Gaza City should be exactly like Rafah which we turned into city of ruins

Destruction scale resembles places in Gaza largely flattened war such as Rafah Beit Hanoun

Reached again last week Mr Zohar-Sal said he did not know whether if called he would return next time

At beginning this was war which was forced upon us but that is no longer case and it has not been for a while Mr Zohar-Sal said this should have ended a long time ago

Like many others who ultimately decided to return to fighting he felt he could not leave his comrades behind how can you stay home when rest of your unit is out there

Several soldiers said military was trying to manage declining motivation of reservists by sending them to calmer fronts like occupied West Bank

Before Avshalom Zohar-Sal left for latest tour of duty in Gaza Strip in May his family and girlfriend begged him not to risk his life in war that all of them no longer supported

Ron Feiner was sentenced in June to 25 days in military prison for refusing to join his battalion's most recent deployment

Government is trying to drag out this war as long as possible even if it means leaving hostages behind Mr Feiner said

Their commanders had greenlit the practice he said

Others returned to war despite qualms over direction of Israeli campaign

Soldier and another member of his battalion said they had rebuffed calls from their commanders to come back to active duty

Another Israeli reservist said his doubts deepened after his comrades set at least 10 Palestinian homes ablaze as vengeance for Oct 7 attacks during deployment to northern Gaza

Israeli forces are still fighting on several other fronts

Others are refusing to fight in a war they no longer believe in

One of his best friends was killed by missile in Gaza readjusting to civilian life was enough of battle

Four soldiers said their units were still motivated to continue fighting

In that attack roughly 1200 people mostly civilians were killed about 250 were taken hostage

Israeli government authorized calling up more than 300000 reserve soldiers at start of war