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IDF to summon over 50,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews in massive push for haredi draft
Yonah Jeremy Bob
July 6, 2025

The army on Sunday started summoning all 54,000 remaining eligible haredim for IDF service in the largest ever coordinated mass pursuit of that sector, in a campaign that will continue through July. These ultra-Orthodox will be called on to arrive for actual service by July 2026. This comes after 24,000 haredim were already summoned in split-up rounds of the last year, with very small results in actual haredim coming in for their military service, but under pressure by the High Court of Justice and public opinion to broaden the draft against the backdrop of unprecedented numbers of soldiers from all sectors being killed, wounded, and performing longer reserve service…The IDF is still demanding that the government pass sanctions that hit individual haredim to increase positive responses to draft notices. READ MORE

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