IDF to send 54,000 conscription orders to Haredi yeshiva students in July

The IDF will issue some 54,000 conscription orders in July to ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students, as well as enlistment orders to ultra-Orthodox boys aged 16 and a half who are approaching the age of conscription, the Attorney General’s Office announces.

Although the 54,000 conscription orders will be issued in July, the dates on which those receiving the orders must present themselves at IDF recruitment offices will be staggered throughout the upcoming conscription year, which starts on July 1, 2025.

In addition, the IDF will also increase enforcement measures against the thousands of ultra-Orthodox men who have received conscription orders in the last year but have failed to present themselves at IDF recruitment offices.

These measures will include active steps by the army, including improving enforcement of bans on leaving the country at the airport, and improving coordination with the police when they encounter draft dodgers.

The announcement follows a meeting held today by Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, the head of the IDF’s Personnel Directorate, and other legal and military officials, to discuss compliance with a High Court decision on the obligation of ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students to perform military service, and as part of the state’s response to High Court petitions demanding enforcement of that decision.