Bibi Netanyahu's leadership questionable by first letting Israel's security lapse before October 2023 and now finding Israel's army exhausted from reprisal

 

Israel’s Exhausted Soldiers Complicate Plans for Gaza Assault

Worn down by hundreds of days of military service, fewer Israeli reservists are turning up for duty. Others are refusing to fight in a war they no longer believe in.

By Aaron Boxerman

Reporting from Jerusalem

Israel’s Gaza Campaign Is Making It a Pariah State

By Thomas L. Friedman

Opinion Columnist

I Fought in Gaza. Here Is Why I Would Not Go Back.

By Yotam Vilk

Mr. Vilk is a reserve captain in the Israel Defense Forces. He lives in Tel Aviv.