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Soldiers from the ultra-Orthodox Netzah Yehuda Battalion seen before a swearing in ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, June 11, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 22, 2026, 11:39 am
Making room for Haredim, army struggles to not impinge on others’ space
The IDF has introduced sweeping accommodations for ultra-Orthodox troops, but tensions are highlighted by disputes over women and religious standards; experts say building trust remains key
By Stav Levaton
Shas chairman Aryeh Deri attends a vote in the Knesset in Jerusalem on July 16, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 3, 2026, 1:47 pm
Deri dismisses issue of ultra-Orthodox draft evasion, saying IDF ‘knows how to cope’
Shas party chairman declines to urge his community to enlist, citing lack of ‘real tracks’ for Haredi soldiers; asked about the Hasmonean Brigade, says he ‘hasn’t looked into it’
By ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox soldiers from the IDF's new Haredi Hasmonean Brigade take part in a beret march after completing seven months of basic and advanced training, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, on August 6, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 26, 2026, 11:34 pm
IDF says Gaza mission canceled after religious troops refuse to serve with female paramedic
Male soldiers declined to enter APC after woman was assigned to force; days earlier, intelligence servicewomen were temporarily barred from outpost where Haredi soldiers stationed
By Emanuel Fabian
A group of ultra-Orthodox males harass several off-duty soldiers walking in Jerusalem, July 30, 2026. (Screenshots/Yaakov Hershkovitz via X)
July 31, 2026, 6:05 am
Off-duty soldiers, Border Police attacked in Jerusalem by dozens of Haredi men
Assailants were attending rally celebrating the release of 63 people arrested during recent attack on home of deputy Supreme Court chief to protest the arrest of draft dodgers
By ToI Staff
A poster shows former Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, at the site of a destroyed house that was hit in an Israeli airstrike in Sarafand village, south Lebanon, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
March 30, 2026, 1:47 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 30 – IDF set to vastly expand buffer zone in Lebanon
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on joint US-Israel operations in Iran and missile strikes from Iran in Israel, plus the West Bank battalion being pulled for extremist behavior
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi at a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on September 28, 2023 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 28, 2025, 5:01 pm
Haredi draft exemption bill ‘endangers Israel’s future,’ says PM’s former security adviser
Hanegbi says legislation ‘enables evasion’; head of NGO supporting Haredi soldiers calls for major changes, says bill lacks structured plan for integration
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef delivers a lesson in Safed, on September 17, 2024. (David Cohen/Flash90)
July 8, 2025, 11:08 pm
Shas spiritual leader links death of troops in Gaza to students’ neglect of Torah
United Torah Judaism chairman waits 12 hours to send statement of condolence, fails to acknowledge fallen soldiers are members of ultra-Orthodox battalion
By Sam Sokol
Soldiers killed in northern Gaza's Beit Hanoun on July 7, 2025: (L-R) Staff Sgt. Meir Shimon Amar, Sgt. Moshe Nissim Frech, Staff Sgt. Noam Aharon Musgadian, Sgt. First Class (res.) Benyamin Asulin, Staff Sgt. Moshe Shmuel Noll. (Courtesy)
July 8, 2025, 9:53 am
5 IDF soldiers killed, 14 injured by roadside bombs in northern Gaza
IDF probe finds three explosives detonated in succession while soldiers were on foot in Beit Hanoun; four of five slain troops served in ultra-Orthodox Netzah Yehuda Battalion
By Emanuel Fabian
A Memorial Day ceremony honoring fallen soldiers from Haredi tracks in Jerusalem on April 29, 2025. (Haim Twito)
April 30, 2025, 3:40 am
As IDF draft battle rages, Haredim gather on Memorial Day to mourn their fallen soldiers
Over 3,000 people attend special ceremony in Jerusalem honoring those who died while serving in army’s ultra-Orthodox tracks: ‘A Torah scroll in one hand and David’s sword in the other’
By Rossella Tercatin
Police drag away ultra-Orthodox protesters who sat on the road during a demonstration against Haredi enlistment, outside a conference honoring ultra-Orthodox soldiers in Jerusalem, January 28, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 28, 2025, 7:40 pm
Haredi extremists block Jerusalem road outside event honoring ultra-Orthodox troops
Hardliners reportedly try breaking in, hurl abuse at attendees, slam ‘murderer of souls’; one said arrested for attacking cop at separate protest
By ToI Staff
A member of the Haredi community near a protest against the drafting of ultra-Orthodox Jews outside an IDF recruitment center in Jerusalem, October 31, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 24, 2024, 6:19 pm
Haredim in favor of IDF service insist only carrots, not sticks, will draw more recruits
As the military issues the first of 7,000 new conscription notices, communal leaders say soldiers coerced into service are liabilities: ‘They would be destroyed in Lebanon or Gaza’
By Mati Wagner
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, in photos released on October 10, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 10, 2024, 10:47 pm
New top Sephardic rabbi backs rulings that soldiers in combat must eat on Yom Kippur
Seeking to allay concerns of ultra-Orthodox troops in Gaza, David Yosef notes existing protocols barring them from fasting, says when in doubt they should turn to IDF rabbis
By Mati Wagner
Troops of the Kfir Brigade's Netzah Yehuda Battalion operate in northern Gaza's Beit Hanoun, in a handout image published March 8, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 9, 2024, 9:31 pm
US will not impose sanctions on IDF unit for alleged rights violations — report
According to Axios, Blinken informed Gallant of the decision regarding the Netzah Yehuda battalion
By Reuters and ToI Staff
The grave of Yisrael Yudkin who was killed in battle in the Gaza Strip, pictured in Jerusalem on June 23, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)
June 25, 2024, 3:10 am
Defense Ministry pressed to honor headstone preference for Haredi fallen soldier
Yisrael Yudkin’s parents want acronym for ‘May God avenge his blood’ added to epitaph at Jerusalem military cemetery; rabbis urge Gallant, IDF chief to grant family’s request
By Canaan Lidor
In this undated photo, Rabbi Shimon Hartman, center in white shirt, with Haredi soldiers from Chedvata Yeshiva. (Courtesy)
June 12, 2024, 8:15 am
A yeshiva that preps Haredi men for IDF service mourns first graduate to fall in battle
As Israeli society debates mandatory ultra-Orthodox enlistment amid war, Staff Sgt. Bezalel Kovach’s life and death present a new view of what it means to belong to the community
By Mati Wagner
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