PALESTINE

Mon 01 Dec 2025 3:37 am - Jerusalem Time

An "Israeli" general warns of the "most dangerous crisis" surrounding the occupation army.

Israeli reserve general Isaac Brick mentioned that the occupying army is facing the most dangerous humanitarian crisis in its history due to a significant shortage of personnel.

Brick stated in an article published by the Hebrew newspaper Maariv that thousands of officers and non-commissioned officers have evaded military service in recent months.

The retired general added that a large number of officers have requested urgent discharge, while young recruits are refusing to sign contracts for permanent service to extend their time in the army, resulting in a widespread shortage of professional personnel within the military.

He explained that the sharp decline in the quality of human resources is hindering the maintenance of military equipment and the operation of combat systems, indicating that the continuation of this situation could lead, in a short period, to the army losing its ability to operate entirely.

Brick also accused successive chiefs of staff of making inappropriate decisions in recent years, including extensive cuts in personnel and shortening the duration of military service (3 years for men and 2 years for women), which created gaps he described as enormous and not quickly repairable.

He pointed out that these gaps have driven skilled and experienced personnel to leave service, while incapable elements remain in sensitive positions unable to deal with the current battlefield challenges.

In his article, he affirmed that the human resources department in the army has been operating for years without professionalism or responsibility, ignoring fundamental issues related to human resource management and needs assessment.

He concluded by saying that the army suffers from informational blindness due to outdated technical systems and fragmented databases, warning at the same time that the human resources crisis could develop into a complete paralysis of the Israeli army's performance.

During two years of the Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip, 923 Israeli soldiers were killed and 6,399 others were injured, according to army data, while about 20,000 soldiers suffer from post-traumatic symptoms, according to Hebrew media.

On October 8, 2023, the occupation began a genocide in the Gaza Strip that lasted two years, resulting in more than 70,000 martyrs and 170,000 Palestinian injuries, most of whom are children and women, along with massive destruction with reconstruction costs estimated by the United Nations at around 70 billion dollars.

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An "Israeli" general warns of the "most dangerous crisis" surrounding the occupation army.

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