Israel to summon 16,000 more reserve troops amid Gaza operation

 

Israel soldiers walk at an army deployment area in southern Israel near the border with Gaza, on July 30, 2014. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) was instructed to summon 16,000 more reserve soldiers amid the ongoing operation in the Gaza Strip, bringing the total number of reserve soldiers to 86,000, Israeli media reported on Thursday.

 

Israel soldiers walk in the dust at an army deployment area in southern Israel near the border with Gaza, on July 30, 2014. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) was instructed to summon 16,000 more reserve soldiers amid the ongoing operation in the Gaza Strip, bringing the total number of reserve soldiers to 86,000, Israeli media reported on Thursday

 

Israel soldiers rest on a Merkava tank at an army deployment area in southern Israel near the border with Gaza, on July 30, 2014. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) was instructed to summon 16,000 more reserve soldiers amid the ongoing operation in the Gaza Strip, bringing the total number of reserve soldiers to 86,000, Israeli media reported on Thursday

 

Israel soldiers rest on an APC at an army deployment area in southern Israel near the border with Gaza, on July 30, 2014. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) was instructed to summon 16,000 more reserve soldiers amid the ongoing operation in the Gaza Strip, bringing the total number of reserve soldiers to 86,000, Israeli media reported on Thursday

 

Israel farmers work in the field in southern Israel near the border with Gaza while smoke rises in northern Gaza Strip and a flare falls down, on July 30, 2014. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) was instructed to summon 16,000 more reserve soldiers amid the ongoing operation in the Gaza Strip, bringing the total number of reserve soldiers to 86,000, Israeli media reported on Thursday.

 

An Israel soldier stands on a Merkava tank at an army deployment area in southern Israel near the border with Gaza, on July 30, 2014. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) was instructed to summon 16,000 more reserve soldiers amid the ongoing operation in the Gaza Strip, bringing the total number of reserve soldiers to 86,000, Israeli media reported on Thursday

 

Israel farmers rest in the field in southern Israel near the border with Gaza while smoke rises in northern Gaza Strip, on July 30, 2014. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) was instructed to summon 16,000 more reserve soldiers amid the ongoing operation in the Gaza Strip, bringing the total number of reserve soldiers to 86,000, Israeli media reported on Thursday

 

Israel soldiers rest at an army deployment area in southern Israel near the border with Gaza, on July 30, 2014. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) was instructed to summon 16,000 more reserve soldiers amid the ongoing operation in the Gaza Strip, bringing the total number of reserve soldiers to 86,000, Israeli media reported on Thursday.

 

An Israel soldier jumps down from an APC at an army deployment area in southern Israel near the border with Gaza, on July 30, 2014. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) was instructed to summon 16,000 more reserve soldiers amid the ongoing operation in the Gaza Strip, bringing the total number of reserve soldiers to 86,000, Israeli media reported on Thursday

 

 

Israel Merkava tanks run in the field in southern Israel near the border with Gaza, on July 30, 2014. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) was instructed to summon 16,000 more reserve soldiers amid the ongoing operation in the Gaza Strip, bringing the total number of reserve soldiers to 86,000, Israeli media reported on Thursday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Israel soldiers rest in the field in southern Israel near the border with Gaza, on the ninth day of Operation Protective Edge, on July 16, 2014. Israel agreed on Wednesday to cease its strikes on the Gaza Strip for five hours on Thursday to allow humanitarian aid to the enclave, the Israeli military said.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Israel soldiers watch the smoke trails of 155mm shells fired at targets in the Gaza Strip, at an army deployment area in southern Israel near the border with Gaza, on the tenth day of Operation Protective Edge, on July 17, 2014. The Israeli military launched a ground offensive on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Thursday night after days of heavy bombardment, the military said.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An Israel soldier prays next to a Merkava tank in southern Israel near the border with Gaza, on the 12th day of Operation Protective Edge, on July 19, 2014. Two Israeli soldiers were killed in a fire exchange with Palestinian militants who infiltrated Israeli turf through a Gaza tunnel earlier on Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed in a statement