While Israel begins the attack on the city of Gaza, an exhausted army can face human resources problem, CNN notes in its analysis, while pointing out the division in Israeli society.

As the early stages of the mass attack in the city of Gaza are in full swing, Israel calls tens of thousands of reserves to join the forthcoming military operation.

The occupation and possession of the largest city in northern Gaza, which Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as one of Hamas’ last strongholds, would demand the army to call 60,000 additional reserves and expand the service for another 20,000.

These plans have caused an increasing condemnation of both abroad and internal, because of fears that the escalating humanitarian crisis and the hunger crisis in Gaza will worsen – and that the lives of the rest of the hostages will be at further danger from an extensive military operation.

The Israeli army is already on the outskirts of the city of Gaza, Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Efi Defrin said on Wednesday, in what he described as the “first steps” of the wider operation.

When the Council of Ministers for the first time approved the occupation of the city of Gaza, Israeli officials estimated that the plan could last five months or longer. But on Wednesday, Netanyahu ordered the army to shorten the timetable.

After nearly two years of war, and without ending in the midst of the next big operation, the Israeli army leader warned of the additional burden on troops, many of which have been called upon to fight in Gaza many times. The Chief of the Israeli Defense Forces Staff (IDF), Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, warned the Council of Ministers earlier this month that the army was worn and exhausted, but his concerns were rejected as Netanyahu and Netanyahu.

A new research from AGAM laboratories at the Jewish University of Jerusalem has shown that approximately 40% of soldiers had slightly or significantly less motivation to serve, while just over 13% had a higher motivation. The findings emphasize the harsh reality facing the Israeli army, which could face restrictions on its human resources, especially as polls have repeatedly shown that the overwhelming majority of the country support the end of war.

Military leaders have asked the government to recruit an Orthodox (Harentim) to replenish the damaged troops. But the overwhelming majority of the overactive community refused to serve And, at their request, the government is promoting a broad exemption from the compulsory military service. And the mere fact that this political debate is taking place in the midst of war has triggered the rage of many of those who serve.

After the Council of Ministers approved the new operation, a small worker organization in Israel reiterated calls to the soldiers to refuse military orders to serve. “Your children do not know how to refuse themselves because it is difficult. It is almost impossible, ” The “soldiers for hostage” on social media earlier this month. Other reserve organizations have not publicly supported the open refusal of service, which is more likely to be a private decision.

Israeli defense forces do not publish the numbers or percentages of the reserves that do not appear when called.

‘A death penalty for hostages’

Aresalom Sal has served more than 300 days in Gaza on four different missions. His latest growth ended just a month ago and is no longer willing to return to the front line, especially in a business in Gaza.

“I’m a little shocked to still talk about this war that was supposed to end a long time ago,” Zochar Saln said to CNN.

He says that the doubts, which began to undergo a year ago, have only intensified, and other members of his unit have the same concerns as him.

“I think this decision is a death sentence for hostages”, he said. “The government was talking and constantly saying that we are talking about two missions about this war: to return the hostages and defeat Hamas. Now it is as if they are told that there is only one goal, which I believe is not possible: to destroy Hamas. And even that (the business in the city of Gaza) will not destroy Hamas. “

The Israeli army has a relatively small force of active service, consisting mainly of conscripts. In order to continue to fight what has become the largest war in the country’s history, Israel must be based on reserves.

But it is not clear what percentage will respond to a new round of calls to serve again in Gaza, especially after the army leader’s warning that the operation could endanger the soldiers and hostages.

Defrin, the military spokesman, tried to answer these concerns on Wednesday, saying at a press conference that Israeli defense forces were using “information and many other possibilities” to protect hostage lives. But all he could promise was that “we will do our best to avoid harm hostages.”

Alerts for the call is mandatory for many, but after sending many reserve to Gaza many times, the army has shown a little willingness to punish or expel those who refuse or avoid the call otherwise.

Former Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defense Forces, Lieutenant General Dan Halouz, who led the army during the 2006 war with Lebanon, predicted that not all appeals would appear for service.

“I believe that some of them will stay home,” he told CNN during a protest protest of the Air Force earlier this month. ‘The war ended a year ago’, said Halouj, describing the current plan as “No logic.” The retired general made sure not to ask the Israelis directly to refuse not to serve, but encouraged every reserve to “Act according to his conscience, based on his own rules.”

More than a year before Benjamin Netanyahu promised that the worst had gone through conflict. He told CBS in an interview in February last year that as soon as Israel invaded Rafa in southern Gaza, “the strong phase of battles is weeks after its completion, not months, weeks after its completion.”

Now, 18 months later, Netanyahu says a new business is the fastest way to end Israel’s longest war.

But this business is also aiming for a city that hosts more than one million people, many of whom have already been displaced by other parts of Gaza. More than 22 months since Hamas’ attacks on October 7, 2023, over 2 million people in Gaza fight with famine, diseases and displacements in the siege of Israel.

Child malnutrition cases have tripled throughout Gaza in “less than six months”, according to the United Nations, as humanitarian workers have urged Israel to lift strict restrictions on the influx of aid to the besieged enclave.

Nearly 1 in 3 children are malnourished in the city of Gaza, said Philip Latzarini, head of the UN service for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), in what he described as “anthropogenic, preventing starvation”.

The Netanyahu government has repeatedly denied that starvation is extensive in the enclave.