
2026-11-05 10:08 UTC · Haaretz
Inside the Israeli army's black market in reserve duty days
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Paying a welder to build gun mounts, buying holiday gifts for officers or hiring civilians to guard the gate. Under the guise of endless alert, reserve duty days have become currency in the IDF – and the waste shows no sign of stopping
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