The Israeli government is set to lower the number of reservists the IDF is authorized to call up in case of need from 450,000 to 430,000, the Defense Ministry says.
The authorization of the IDF to draft reservists with emergency call-up orders has been brought for government approval every few months since the beginning of the war in October 2023.
The last order was approved in May, and it allowed the IDF to draft up to 450,000 reservists. That order is set to expire, and therefore a new order — allowing 430,000 reservists — is being brought for approval on Sunday.
The number does not constitute the actual number of reservists that the IDF is calling up. The record total for that remains at 287,000 — the number of reservists who were called up immediately in the wake of the October 7, 2023, onslaught.
Aside from the slightly lower cap, “there is nothing new about the extension being brought [for approval] on Sunday,” the Defense Ministry says.
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