{"id":318785,"date":"2025-11-20T07:00:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T07:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=318785"},"modified":"2025-11-21T07:56:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T07:56:56","slug":"idf-facing-critical-manpower-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=318785","title":{"rendered":"IDF Facing Critical Manpower Shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unusual data revealed in Knesset: 600 career soldiers submitted requests for early retirement from IDF<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Yoav Zitun \u2013 Ynet News Nov 19, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Representatives from the IDF\u2019s Personnel Administration disclosed that hundreds of career soldiers, including senior officers, have requested to effectively ‘resign’ early; ‘We delayed resignation of some of them during the war due to their necessity, as there simply are no replacements for them.’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s military manpower crisis is deepening. IDF Personnel Administration representatives at the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee’s Manpower Subcommittee revealed Wednesday morning that approximately 600 career personnel, including senior officers and professional non-commissioned officers, have submitted requests for early retirement.<\/p>\n

“There were those whose retirement we postponed throughout the war because of their necessity, simply because there are no replacements for them,” IDF officials said during the discussion.<\/p>\n

They added that \u201cin any case, 85% of IDF career soldiers retire at the rank of lieutenant colonel or below.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just two months ago, Maj. Gen. Dado Bar Kalifa, head of the IDF’s Personnel Administration, issued a rare warning to the Knesset<\/a> State Control Committee: \u201cLet me be clear, career soldiers are calling and asking if they can resign in the middle of a war. You should be deeply concerned.”<\/p>\n

Bar Kalifa made the comments following the Supreme Court\u2019s recent ruling striking down pension supplements for career officers.<\/p>\n

He also addressed the broader issue of the IDF\u2019s manpower shortage amid the ongoing exemption from military service for ultra-Orthodox Jews, while IDF forces began maneuvering in Gaza City. He stressed that the army \u201cneeds another 12,000 soldiers.”<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the meantime,\u201d he explained, \u201cHaredi leadership is escalating its rhetoric, and their protests are draining resources from both the IDF and the police.\u201d<\/p>\n

He shared that a reserve battalion commander who’s already completed his sixth round called upon him to \u201cdraft the Haredim, don\u2019t stop pushing for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bar Kalifa continued: \u201cWe now have more than 17,000 draft dodgers. Dodging the draft has become the norm,\u201d adding, \u201cthere\u2019s an army of lawyers fraudulently securing exemptions for draft dodgers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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