The IDF says that just seven Haredi men showed up at induction centers today to complete screening processes ahead of enlistment.
Haredi protesters gathered outside a base in Jerusalem for new recruits earlier today to protest the draft.
The army says those who did not show up today will be called again to do so, and those who ignore multiple calls will be considered deserters and may be arrested.
The IDF is in the midst of sending out draft orders to 3,000 ultra-Orthodox men, after the High Court ruled that there was no longer any legal framework allowing the state to refrain from drafting Haredi yeshiva students into military service.
In all, some 70 Haredi men have shown up at induction centers after receiving draft orders, since the process began last month.
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