Wall Street Journal: The Israeli army is restructuring its forces on all fronts
The Wall Street Journal revealed Quoting informed sources, the Israeli occupation army began implementing a process of restructuring forces on all battlefields, after two years of exhausting wars in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon.
The newspaper quoted Edith Shafran Gittelman, a prominent researcher at the “Institute for National Security Studies” In Tel Aviv, she said: “The army is not waiting for the political leadership, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, to announce the end of the Gaza war. He has no other choice now.”
The Israeli researcher noted that “the decision to withdraw military reserve forces is a sign that Israel is in a state of transition and not a full war, but it has not returned to normal yet,” as she put it.
The Israeli occupation army began reducing the number of reserve soldiers working in Gaza and other arenas, indicating a decrease in the intensity of fighting after two years of war, and with the continuation of the ceasefire brokered by the United States. United States.
Since Thursday, Israel began reducing the number of reserve soldiers stationed on a number of fronts, including the West Bank and northern Israel, to ease the burden on exhausted reserve soldiers who have been called, repeatedly, to serve since the “October 7” attack.
On Thursday, Israel began withdrawing reserve soldiers from service and replacing them with regular soldiers, while an Israeli military official said that it is possible to call up soldiers. Reserve at any time depending on operational needs and developments. The newspaper says that “before the ceasefire, the Israeli occupation army was struggling to mobilize exhausted reserve soldiers, as commanders resorted to unfamiliar methods of recruitment, such as posts on social networking sites and chat groups.”
The newspaper quoted some reserve soldiers in the Israeli occupation army that their families and career paths were collapsing, while others said that they no longer knew why they were fighting in Gaza, while a truce prevailed. Fragile parts of the Gaza Strip.
The newspaper pointed out that “for Israel, the fighting in the Gaza Strip is not over yet, nor on other fronts; On Thursday, Israel bombed sites in southern Lebanon in response to what it considers attempts by Hezbollah to To rebuild its military capabilities.
The Wall Street Journal says: Despite reaching a ceasefire agreement in Lebanon a year ago, the Israeli army continues to bomb what it describes as Hezbollah terrorist targets in southern Lebanon. Journal" “The next phase of the peace plan is expected to be more complex, as it requires the disarmament of Hamas and the deployment of an international stabilization force. “The details of how these two things will work have not yet been agreed upon.”
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