- FILE – Israeli soldiers overlook the Gaza Strip from a tank, as seen from southern Israel, on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)
Yotam Vilk, who served in an armored unit in the Gaza Strip and is now one of a growing number of Israeli soldiers speaking out against the 15-month conflict, poses for a portrait in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Yotam Vilk shows a photo of himself on the Israel-Gaza border during army reserve duty before he joined a growing number of Israeli soldiers speaking out against the 15-month conflict and refusing to continue fighting, at home in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Yuval Green, a medic who abandoned his post on reserve duty with the army last January after spending nearly two months in the Gaza Strip, poses for a portrait in Jerusalem, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Israeli graffiti is seen on the walls of Palestinians’ houses in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, in Dec. 2023. (Yuval Green via AP)
Max Kresch, an army reserve medic who has joined a growing number of Israeli soldiers speaking out against the 15-month conflict in the Gaza Strip and are refusing to continue fighting, poses for a portrait in Jerusalem on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Max Kresch, a medic army reservist who has joined a growing number of Israeli soldiers speaking out against the 15-month conflict in the Gaza Strip and refusing to continue fighting, shows an undated photo of himself during his mandatory army service, in Jerusalem, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Yuval Green, center, and Yotam Vilk, left, take part in a panel discussion for soldiers refusing to serve in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
FILE – Destroyed buildings inside the Gaza Strip are seen from southern Israel, on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)
Israeli graffiti is seen on the walls of Palestinians’ houses in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, in Dec. 2023. (Yuval Green via AP)
FILE – Israeli soldiers stand by a truck packed with bound and blindfolded Palestinian detainees in Gaza, on Dec. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Moti Milrod, Haaretz, File)
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FILE – Israeli soldiers overlook the Gaza Strip from a tank, as seen from southern Israel, on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)
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