Event Brief
Bennett warns IDF could collapse without haredi draft
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Filed: Sep 29, 2026 at 12:09 PM ET
UPDATED Sep 29, 2026 at 1:10 PM ET
Summary: Former prime minister Naftali Bennett warned that the IDF could collapse due to a lack of manpower if haredim are not drafted during the next government’s term after the October elections. He made the remarks at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, where families of October 7 victims built the “Sukkah of Failure” for Sukkot.
WHO: Naftali Bennett
WHAT: Warned that the IDF could collapse without haredi draft reform after the October elections
WHEN: Sep 29, 2026
WHERE: Tel Aviv, Israel
WHY: Bennett said Netanyahu is leading mass draft evasion and that without drafting haredim the IDF would face a manpower shortage and collapse.
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