20 Aug 2025 4:45 pm
Israel is trying to steal our Jews.... I'll think about it.
Israel begins attack on Gaza City, calling up to 60,000 reservists
Israel has begun the "first stages of the attack on Gaza City" on Wednesday as it plans to call up to 50,000 to 60,000 reservists in order to invade and occupy the city, according to Israel Defense Forces spokesman Eddie Defrin and an Israeli military official."We have begun the preliminary operations and the first stages of the attack on Gaza City. IDF forces are already holding the outskirts of Gaza City," Defrin said Wednesday.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz approved on Wednesday the Israel Defense Forces' military plan, codenamed "Gideon's Chariots II," to invade and occupy the city, according to the official. The call-ups will begin immediately, the official said.
Meanwhile, at least 58 Palestinians were killed in the past 24 hours in Israeli strikes on Gaza, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry.
President Donald Trump's social media post saying that the remaining hostages will only be returned "when Hamas is confronted and destroyed!!!"
The IDF intends to turn to the largest Jewish communities in the Diaspora, with the aim of encouraging the recruitment of young Jews of military age to come to Israel for several years to serve in the army, the official added. The main communities where efforts will be focused are the United States and France.
The recruitment potential among those aged 18 to 25, of draft age, in the largest Jewish communities exceeds 10,000 in each annual cohort, according to studies conducted by the IDF's Manpower Division on this subject, the senior official said."The goal we intend to set is to increase the recruitment of approximately 600 to 700 additional soldiers each year from Jewish communities abroad," a senior IDF official said.