The Israel Defense Forces plans to call up close to 8,000 reservists during the implementation of the disengagement plan, from mid-August until approximately mid-September. But only a small number of officers and reservists will take an active part in the actual pullout.
This number is significantly lower than the estimates mentioned over the past months. By comparison, it amounts to merely one quarter of the number of reservists called up during Operation Defensive Shield in the West Bank in April 2002.
The reason is that the period of disengagement has been shortened significantly, from eight weeks to four. During this period, the IDF will need more reservists to replace regular units engaged in the pullout but they will serve the regular time for reserve duty - 25 days (per year).
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