The head of the IDF's Planning and Manpower Administration Division, Brigadier General Shai Tayeb, said during a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee discussion that "our estimate is that we will reach 2,940 ultra-Orthodox who meet the criteria and will enlist in the past recruitment year. This estimate is higher than in previous years but far from the goal we set for ourselves - 4,800. It is even further from the army's needs." According to him, "out of 24 thousand draft orders for the ultra-Orthodox - 2,007 showed up for their initial draft notice."