Parents of Israeli soldiers in anxious wait as Gaza war drags on

"As a father, I'm always nervous," David told AFP at the family's northern Israel home, just after his son Yonatan, 22, left to join his army unit in Rafah, the focus of recent fighting in the southern Gaza Strip. The family has asked to use first names only for safety reasons. David and other relatives of troops in Gaza have been left fearing for their loved ones and contemplating the war's costs. For some, it is too much. Yonatan has been among the tens of thousands of Israeli soldiers and reservists...