New data highlights heavy demands on Israeli reservists
Israeli reservists averaged 94 days of service in 2024 and 78 days in 2025, according to statistics released by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Tuesday.
Israeli soldiers at an abandoned Hezbollah outpost in southern Lebanon in June 2026. Photo by TPS-IL
Israel marked Reservists Appreciation Day on Monday as new IDF statistics highlighted the burden borne by reserve soldiers since the war began following Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel.
Approximately 37% of reservists have children at home.
According to the military, the IDF reserve force has expanded by tens of thousands since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack, as the military reinforced existing units and established new ones to meet wartime demands in combat, intelligence, logistics, medicine and Home Front Command operations.
Tel Aviv-Jaffa has the largest reserve population, with roughly 42,000 reservists, followed by Jerusalem with around 23,000.
The IDF added that said additional call-ups were issued over the past 24 hours in response to Iranian missile attacks on Sunday night and Monday.
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