An article from Yedioth Ahronoth on Monday 4 highlighted the army’s urgent need for 7,000 recruits amid a concerning enlistment crisis, which has seen a one per cent annual decline in the number of male soldiers. The mobilisation of teachers has led to considerable disruption within Israel, resulting in class cancellations and empty classrooms.

Israel’s The Jerusalem Post reported that the occupation army wants to get closer to a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon, believing there is not much that can be achieved militarily and is frustrated by the daily losses of soldiers.