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Report: Majority of those IDF counts as Haredi recruits don’t define themselves as part of sector
Haredi men who decided to join the military amid the war between Israel and Hamas, at the IDF recruiting offices in Tel Hashomer, near Tel Aviv, October 23, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
According to a Kan public radio report, the vast majority of IDF enlistees considered to be Haredi by the military do not identify themselves that way.
The report says that around 70% of those included in figures provided by the military over Haredi enlistment define themselves as not belonging to the sector, with most saying that they consider themselves ex-Haredi and many calling themselves secular.
Last year the IDF said about 9% of graduates from Haredi educational institutions enlisted in the IDF, but the new report suggests that most of those would not consider themselves ultra-Orthodox today.
A few thousand members of the community were said to volunteer for military duty in the wake of the October 7 attacks.
