IDF warns of urgent manpower shortage as haredi draft bill debates resume amid coalition crisis

Israel

Head of the IDF's personnel planning branch, Brig.-Gen. Shai Tayeb warned of severe manpower shortages in the IDF, and tens of thousands of draft evaders, as debates to advance the controversial haredi (ultra-Orthodox) draft bill resumed early Wednesday morning in the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.The renewed dissensions came amid the crisis in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition with the ultra-Orthodox parties over the legislation.Representing the IDF's stance,

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