Israeli soldiers, and their mothers, increasingly reject calls to return to Gaza
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FILE - Israeli combat reservists take position during training in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)FILE - People take part in a protest demanding the immediate release of all hostages held by Hamas and calling for the end to the war in Gaza, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)FILE - Max Kresch, an army reserve medic who has joined a growing number of Israeli soldiers speaking out against the conflict in Gaza and refusing to continue fighting, poses for a portrait in Jerusalem on Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)FILE - Relatives and supporters of Israeli soldier Daniel Yahalom, who was jailed for refusing to fight in Gaza, call for an end to the war outside the Beit Lid military base in central Israel on May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)From left: Noorit Felsenthal-Berger, Bat El, Yifat Gadot, Paula Keusch, mothers of soldiers who have fought in Gaza, pose for a photo outside a house in Tal Shahar, central Israel, Saturday Aug. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
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FILE - Israeli combat reservists take position during training in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)