“I’ve been called back up,” one of my closest friends told me. He’s been a reservist in the IDF since making Aliyah two years ago. “Where will you be stationed and for how long?” I asked. He had no answers for me; they only informed him that it was imminent.
The news felt like a blow to the gut. “I’m not ready for this,” I thought. It seemed like just yesterday he had been released from his first tour in Gaza, even though it had already been a few months. And he’s not the only one who’s being called back up. There’s a sense that the country is gearing up for the next round.
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