The Sorogim news site said the Israeli army has acknowledged a growing number of incidents involving Palestinians crossing the yellow line toward areas under Israeli military control, describing the trend as an alarming warning sign.
According to the report, Palestinian actions near the line have increased despite attempts by the Israeli air force to block their return through violent air attacks.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army said a series of incidents had occurred throughout the day and even in recent hours, involving large numbers of armed Palestinians crossing the yellow line toward zones held by Israeli forces.
The mere occurrence of these incidents places the lives of Israeli soldiers at risk, the report said, adding that several shooting incidents by Israeli ground and air units against Palestinians were recorded.
Separately, Sorogim cited both the outlet’s own assessment and statements by the army spokesperson, who portrayed the presence of Palestinians near the yellow line who tried to return to their homes in areas occupied by Israeli forces, as a threat to Israeli troops and used this claim to justify opening fire.
In a related development, the strain of the Gaza war has spread beyond the battlefield into the Israeli regime’s academic sector, with several colleges forced to shut down due to the mass call-up of reserve soldiers.
The Hebrew-language Walla news site reported that the conscription of large numbers of students into reserve service has left some faculties without students, compelling them to close, a crisis that Israel’s academic establishment is now struggling to address.
In the introduction to its report, Walla quoted a senior member of the Council for Higher Education as saying that with more than 60,000 students subject to reserve call-ups each time, “we are forced to cancel an entire semester.”
Walla said that in days when a single WhatsApp message could cancel a lecture, postpone an exam or empty half a classroom, Israel’s higher education system found itself fighting on two fronts, attempting to maintain teaching while coping with the disruption caused by students repeatedly summoned for reserve duty.
Yair Harel, who served for two years during the war as head of supervision and licensing at the Council for Higher Education, told Walla that Israel’s academic sector was facing a severe crisis.
He said: “I start my mornings thinking, ‘What is happening and how can I solve this crisis?’ and I go to sleep at night with the same thought.”
Although Harel declined to provide detailed data on the scale of the crisis, documented reports cited by Walla indicate that around 60,000 students were called up for reserve service, with an average of one-third of Israeli students deployed to the war fronts over the two-year conflict.
Nevertheless, the senior education official admitted that the sight of empty universities had become routine, noting that it was common to enter a classroom and find that 80% of students were absent.
Meanwhile, a survey conducted by Israel’s state comptroller among student reservists showed that 41% were dissatisfied with the support offered by educational institutions during their absences, while 45% said the solutions provided over the previous two academic years did not give them sufficient confidence that they could complete their studies.
Referring again to the educational fallout of two years of war, Harel said: “Every time the fighting escalates, classes suddenly empty again. You have to face a scenario in which an entire academic semester collapses.”
He argued that the biggest mistake was believing the solution was merely technical, adding: “This is not just about replacing classes with Zoom. You need real contingency plans: repeating courses, completion tracks and solutions for those enrolling now and those returning in about a month.”