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The Israeli reservists who refuse to fight in Gaza

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Tania Krämer
September 9, 2024

Thousands of Israeli reservists were called up to fight in Gaza after the October 7 Hamas attacks. In May, 42 of them wrote an open letter refusing to take up arms again. Yuval Green and Michael Ofer Ziv told DW why.

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