Israeli military will need up to 17,000 recruits to fill manpower gap: Officer
The head of the Israeli military’s personnel directorate’s planning and personnel management division has raised the alarm about troop shortage in the regime’s army, saying it will need up to 17,000 recruits to fill the manpower gap.
Speaking at the Israeli Parliament (Knesset), Brigadier General Shay Tayeb, warned that the number of forces the Israeli military lacks will soon rise from 12,000 to 17,000 despite a small but insufficient increase in Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) conscription.
He also noted that there are currently around 32,000 people classified as draft evaders, while another 50,000 others have received a formal warning ahead of being formally known as draft evaders.
“We will very soon reach 80,000 to 90,000 draft dodgers,” Tayeb added.
The remarks came a few days after Israeli army’s chief of staff Eyal Zamir warned that the military needs more soldiers “immediately” amid ongoing multi-front fighting.
The occupation’s military also issued a warning that the reserve army could “collapse” if appropriate legislation is not advanced by the cabinet.
In 2024, the Israeli High Court ordered the cabinet to finally break the deadlock and begin actively conscripting Haredi Jews.
Almost 13,000 ultra-Orthodox men reach the conscription age of 18 each year, but less than 10 percent enlist.
Israel, along with the US, recently waged a 40-day illegal war of aggression against Iran months after a similar military assault against the Islamic Republic that lasted 12 days.
The criminal regime also conducted a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip between 2023 and 2025.
It is currently fighting with Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement, which has intensified its retaliatory operations against positions inside the occupied territories.
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