IDF warns of extreme manpower shortage as MKs clash over haredi draft bill
“Only 3,000 haredi soldiers were recruited from two full draft cycles,” Bar Kalifa said. “That is why I say clearly: I need more soldiers.”
A soldier from the primarily Orthodox and haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Netzah Yehuda Battalion during a swearing-in ceremony at the Western Wall, Jerusalem, June 11, 2025.(photo credit: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)ByKESHET NEEV
