They held the front. And what about the home?
After hundreds of days of reserve duty, returning home sometimes proves to be a front of its own: children who got used to Dad being absent, partners who learned to manage on their own, and…
Assessment
The quiet crisis unfolding inside Israeli homes after hundreds of reserve duty days is the real story here. Children have adapted to an absent father, spouses have built independent routines, careers have stalled. The founder of an organization called The Home describes this hidden price and the effort to reconnect what war has shaken apart. Watch for whether the state begins treating family reintegration as a national priority rather than a private burden.