In the shadow of sending 54,000 draft orders to yeshiva students, a senior IDF official said that "Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir visited the Hasmonean base today and we believe in the significance of this hour. The current reality is inconceivable. There are ultra-Orthodox who want to serve. We will succeed because there is no choice and with much love. What was will be no more." According to him, "Since the beginning of the year, 144 draft dodgers have been arrested at Ben Gurion Airport. There are currently 14,000 draft dodgers, and if this trend continues, we will reach 34,000 in the coming year."