Bar Kalifa wrote that the extension of mandatory service approved by the Knesset plenum on Thursday “does not eliminate the need to expand the pool of draftees.”

The head of the IDF Planning Directorate told lawmakers that 'the regular army is reaching the limits of its capacity, and the reserve forces could also be pushed beyond theirs'

Israel's Knesset has approved legislation extending mandatory military service for most male recruits to 32 months, citing increased manpower needs as the Israel Defense Forces…