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60K reservists set to receive call-up orders in coming days ahead of Gaza City takeover
2025-08-20
[IsraelTimes] Reserve troops will be given at least two weeks before having to report to duty, with only some expected to take part in op; Katz meets top defense officials to approve IDF’s plans

Some 60,000 Israeli reservists are set to receive call-up orders that the IDF will issue starting Wednesday for the planned offensive in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
City, provided Defense Minister Israel Katz approves the move, according to security sources.

The orders are not immediate, and the reservists will be given at least two weeks before needing to report for duty.

The number of reservists being called up is in addition to tens of thousands of reservists who are currently serving in the reserves.

Not all of the reservists being called up are expected to participate in the operation to capture Gaza City, as some will instead be replacing standing army troops on other fronts.

The orders are due to go out after Katz’s office said he met Tuesday with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, other senior officers, and Shin Bet representatives to approve the military’s plans for the capture of Gaza City.

According to Israeli officials, the IDF’s plans to capture Gaza City involve first the establishment of humanitarian infrastructure in southern Gaza, including allowing tents and shelter equipment into the Strip in recent days.

The IDF will then issue evacuation warnings for the estimated one million Paleostinians residing in Gaza City. Israeli officials have said that Paleostinians will have until October 7, 2025, to evacuate Gaza City, which coincides with the second anniversary of Hamas
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
’s attack on Israel.

Afterward, the IDF will then launch its ground offensive into Gaza City, including by placing a siege on the area to kill any remaining Hamas operatives.

The meeting and the presentation of the army’s plans to Katz come despite Hamas saying Monday that it had agreed to a truce proposal. Should a hostage-ceasefire deal be reached, the plans to capture Gaza City are likely to be called off.

Though Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appeared to dismiss Hamas’s acceptance of the offer, after shifting from insisting on a phased-hostage release and ceasefire deal to the release of all the captives at one go, sources said Tuesday that Jerusalem is reviewing the proposal.
”Hey Ari, has Hamas agree to leave after giving us all our hostages?”
“No, Mr. Prime Minister, they want 60 days to give us ten living and some dead, plus they get a bunch of their own people. The American envoy says it’s the best deal he can get us.”
“Tell Hamas to go to Hell, Ari, and tee up for Gaza City. We’ll get the hostages ourselves.”
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