Israel Calls Up 300,000 Reservists as Gaza Death Toll Continues to Mount

Israel Calls Up 300,000 Reservists as Gaza Death Toll Continues to Mount
Fire and smoke rise following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, on Oct. 8, 2023. Fatima Shbair/AP Photo
Adam Morrow
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Israel announced the call-up of 300,000 fresh army reservists as fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in and around the Hamas-run Gaza Strip entered its third day.

“We have never drafted so many reservists on such a scale,” Daniel Hagari, chief spokesman for Israel’s military, said on Oct. 9.