Israeli army plans to call up thousands of reservists for rotatingdeployment along the increasingly tense and chaotic Egyptian andSyrian borders. Several attacks out of the increasingly lawless Sinai Peninsulasince last year's overthrow of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak,and the prospect of Syrians fleeing towards Israeli territory, haveleft Israeli military planners scrambling to allocate morepersonnel and hardware to better cover the borders. A reservist support group leader told the Ma'ariv daily that plansto call up 22 battalions-worth of personnel for the second time inunder three years made an already tough stint in khakis eventougher. "We serve with the Home Front Command and received a call-up noticefor 25 days on the western border," the individual said, addingthat "we already served in the Jenin area (in the West Bank) twoyears ago, and I thought we wouldn't get called again until nextyear." The so-called "Reserve Law," which was passed in parliament in 2009following public pressure to ease the burden on the army's reservesforces, limits call-ups to a single operational stint within athree-year period, and a week-long training maneuver every year,excluding any emergency call-up. The law also capped reserve dutyto age 40. The Defense Ministry sought special approval from parliament'sforeign affairs and defense committee to call up the battalions. "We won't have a choice but to change the law and enlist morereservists for active duty. It's already an operational necessityin light of recent events," a senior military source said lastAugust in the aftermath of an attack carried out by Gaza militantsnear the Red Sea resort city of Eilat in which six Israelicivilians and two soldiers were killed. "Due to situation assessments, a number of battalions were calledup for reserve service for the second time within three years. Themove was legally approved by the Foreign Affairs and DefenseCommittee," the military said in a statement. In discussions that preceded the army's decision, the question waswhether to shift regular conscripts doing their mandatorythree-year service from training to deploy along the border, or tocall up reservists for a second time. So far, only six battalions have received notice, mainly due tofinancial considerations. Calling up a battalion costs hundreds ofthousands of shekels, according to the report. I am an expert from ipl-beautymachines.com, while we provides the quality product, such as IPL Tattoo Removal Machine Manufacturer , E-Light Skin Rejuvenation Manufacturer, IPL Skin Rejuvenation Machine,and more.
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