Wartime Needs: IDF Extends Service of Thousands of Soldiers
Following the manpower shortage: The IDF is extending the service of fighters in elite units and in the Artillery Corps, Lapid criticizes: "Extending service by a full year while the government advances a draft evasion law."
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The IDF has decided to extend the service of several IDF units, including reconnaissance battalions and an artillery brigade that is absorbing a new cannon for the corps, so reports this evening (Thursday) Channel 12's military correspondent Nir Dvori. The service extension is already being implemented today in the Duvdevan, Maglan and Egoz units and will be carried out by signing for regular service for one year.
Dvori explained that the move comes due to the manpower crisis in the IDF facing the many missions at this time, and added that because of the crisis, the IDF supports a hostage deal even more - which would ease the burden on those serving.
Lapid: "Extending service by a full year while the government advances a draft evasion law"
Opposition leader Yair Lapid responded to the publication: "The news that thousands of regular soldiers are having their service extended by a full year while the government advances a draft evasion law is shameful and disgraceful and embodies everything terrible about this government. They are selling our fighters for petty politics."