Opposition leader Yair Lapid said after a security briefing with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who warned that Israel could be attacked ahead of the elections, that "security threats are something that needs to be dealt with professionally and responsibly. Israel's security and IDF bases are not props for election videos." According to Lapid, "The chief of staff raised 10 red flags about a shortage of fighters and erosion in the IDF. If Netanyahu is so worried about the security situation, let him draft the 15,000 ultra-Orthodox who are missing from the IDF."