The IDF spokesperson updated that the army sent 54,000 first draft notices to young ultra-Orthodox men in the past month. "With this, the sending of notices to all those whose 'Torah study is their profession' exemption has expired following the expiration of the law has been completed," the army stated. "At the same time, since the law expired, every 16.5-year-old youth in Israel receives a first draft notice, according to their age and the Defense Service Law." A young person who receives the notice and does not report will be declared a draft dodger subject to arrest after about a month and a half, and the IDF is expected to begin arrest operations throughout the country starting next month, together with the police.