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IDF Chief Calls Haredi Brigade Essential, Cites Rise in Enlistment

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Courtroom-sketch editorial illustration of IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir briefing seated Hasmonean Brigade personnel outdoors at the northern border

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir met Hasmonean Brigade commanders and soldiers from the Yonatan Battalion during a tour of the northern border. Zamir said Haredi enlistment is rising in combat and combat-support roles, and called their integration essential to Israel's security. He said the military must expand its ground combat force after October 7 and aims to replicate the Yonatan Battalion and build the brigade into a full combat formation. Zamir pledged that the IDF would enable their service while preserving their Haredi way of life.

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