Click to play videoIsraeli-Lebanon border: As Israeli troops pull back from southern Lebanon, many of the thousands of reservists who were called to duty when the war began are returning home.
Some say being in the army is just a part of being Israeli.
High above the towns and communities of northern Israel sits an electric fence dividing Israel from Lebanon and Hezbollah. Before the ceasefire, this spot was one of the most heavily bombarded places of the war.
At this point, IDF reservist Captain Mitch Pilcer's mobile phone rings. It's his daughter, waiting for him to pick her up.
"Sit down at the coffeehouse and have a cup of coffee and I'll come join you ok? Bye bye," says he to his daughter.
Unusual perhaps that a soldier on duty at the frontline takes personal calls, but not according to Captain Pilcer and thousands of other reservists who were called up when the war began.
"Being a reserve soldier is the same as being an Israeli. We are a citizens' army over here. We're a small country and in order to defend the country, we need everyone to take the responsibility to be part of the army," says Pilcer.
His home is just an hour's drive from the frontline.
"With my kind of unit we don't even get a phone call. We see what's happening. we take our uniforms out of the closet. I get in my car and drive up to the border," says he.
He drives home every evening to manage the family farm, the guest houses and the winery.
Captain Pilcer is hoping to be demobilised in the next few days, and since the ceasefire he has been bringing his children to the border military outpost where he is stationed.
"Yesterday, I took them up with me because it was finally quiet and they could see what everything looked like. I was able to answer their questions on the spot. It's a part of their history and they are going to remember this for a long time," he says.
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