{"id":235145,"date":"2026-04-02T16:28:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=235145"},"modified":"2026-04-02T16:28:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:28:40","slug":"why-israels-military-struggles-to-fill-a-15000-soldier-shortfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=235145","title":{"rendered":"Why Israel\u2019s Military Struggles to Fill a 15,000 Soldier Shortfall"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article__header\">\n<div class=\"article__announce-text\" dir=\"ltr\">With a possible US ground operation against Iran expected on the horizon, the Israeli military is scrambling to tackle a shortage of roughly 15,000 soldiers as Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir warns the IDF could collapse without immediate action.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__body\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">It\u2019s all about \u201cIsrael&#8217;s insistence that it&#8217;s going to expand its combat efforts into Lebanon and perhaps other areas, as well as the rising level of violence in the West Bank, which necessitates military attention,\u201d independent political analyst\u00a0<strong>Dr.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Ori Goldberg<\/strong>\u00a0tells\u00a0<em>Sputnik<\/em>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"h3\">\n<div id=\"1123905987-1123906598\" class=\"article__block-anchor\"><\/div>\n<h3 id=\"1123905987-1\" class=\"article__h2\">Politically Motivated Matter<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"quote\">\n<div class=\"article__quote\">\n<div class=\"article__quote-bg\">\n<div class=\"article__quote-bg-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__quote-text\">\u201cIt&#8217;s a political decision related to a law to conscript ultra-orthodox Yeshiva students, which is a politically contentious issue regardless of Israeli plans for expansion or the extension of violence. That&#8217;s the main reason why General Zamir is highlighting this issue right now,\u201d Goldberg notes.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__quote-info\">\n<div class=\"elem-info\">\n<div class=\"elem-info__share\">\n<div class=\"share m-active\" data-id=\"1123905987\" data-url=\"https:\/\/sputnikglobe.com\/20260327\/why-israels-military-struggles-to-fill-a-15000-soldier-shortfall-1123905987.html?share-block=1123906662\" data-title=\"\u201cIt's a political decision related to a law to conscript ultra-orthodox Yeshiva students, which is a politically contentious issue regardless of Israeli plans for expansion or the extension of violence. That's the main reason why General Zamir is highlighting this issue right now,\u201d Goldberg notes.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"article\" data-article=\"main-photo\">\n<div class=\"article__article m-image\"><a class=\"article__article-image\" title=\"IDF to Start Monitoring Soldiers' Social Media for Sensitive Information - Reports\" href=\"https:\/\/sputnikglobe.com\/20251126\/idf-to-start-monitoring-soldiers-social-media-for-sensitive-information---reports-1123176513.html\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"Israeli soldiers are seen near the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel, Monday, March 4, 2024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/09\/0d\/1120130972_0:448:3072:1677_1920x0_80_0_0_423167e87ded32403c1cf350103ea160.jpg.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/09\/0d\/1120130972_0:448:3072:1677_640x0_80_0_0_c5d2ba8f7028c8f7ab0b64b425b8dfc9.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/09\/0d\/1120130972_0:448:3072:1677_1280x0_80_0_0_c362c43f7a59a91bd409da9b355f4458.jpg.webp 1280w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/09\/0d\/1120130972_0:448:3072:1677_1920x0_80_0_0_423167e87ded32403c1cf350103ea160.jpg.webp 1920w\" alt=\"Israeli soldiers are seen near the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel, Monday, March 4, 2024 - Sputnik International, 1920, 26.11.2025\" width=\"1920\" height=\"768\" data-source-sid=\"ap_photo\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/09\/0d\/1120130972_0:448:3072:1677_640x0_80_0_0_c5d2ba8f7028c8f7ab0b64b425b8dfc9.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/09\/0d\/1120130972_0:448:3072:1677_1280x0_80_0_0_c362c43f7a59a91bd409da9b355f4458.jpg.webp 1280w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/09\/0d\/1120130972_0:448:3072:1677_1920x0_80_0_0_423167e87ded32403c1cf350103ea160.jpg.webp 1920w\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__article-desc\">\n<div class=\"article__article-rubric\"><a title=\"World\" href=\"https:\/\/sputnikglobe.com\/world\/\">World<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"article__article-title\" title=\"IDF to Start Monitoring Soldiers' Social Media for Sensitive Information - Reports\" href=\"https:\/\/sputnikglobe.com\/20251126\/idf-to-start-monitoring-soldiers-social-media-for-sensitive-information---reports-1123176513.html\">IDF to Start Monitoring Soldiers&#8217; Social Media for Sensitive Information &#8211; Reports<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__article-info\" data-type=\"article\">\n<div class=\"elem-info\">\n<div class=\"elem-info__date convert-date m-active\" data-unixtime=\"1764167278\">26 November 2025, 14:27 GMT<\/div>\n<div class=\"elem-info__share\">\n<div class=\"share m-active\" data-id=\"1123176513\" data-url=\"https:\/\/sputnikglobe.com\/20251126\/idf-to-start-monitoring-soldiers-social-media-for-sensitive-information---reports-1123176513.html\" data-title=\"IDF to Start Monitoring Soldiers' Social Media for Sensitive Information - Reports\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">Zamir is hammering it home to Netanyahu that he refuses to be left holding the bag on his own\u2014and that he is firmly making this the political echelon\u2019s responsibility, the analyst stressed.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">The general is saying it loud and clear that he\u2019s \u201cnot going to be held responsible for the failures that began on October 7th, 2023 and are reaching all the way up to this [US-Israeli] war with Iran,\u201d Goldberg stresses.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"h3\">\n<div id=\"1123905987-1123906602\" class=\"article__block-anchor\"><\/div>\n<h3 id=\"1123905987-2\" class=\"article__h2\">No Effect on US Ground Op<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">Whether the 15,000-soldier gap would affect a possible US ground operation against Iran is irrelevant, the analyst argues, because \u201cIsrael doesn&#8217;t plan to take part and expects the United States [will] bear the brunt of most of the operation.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"quote\">\n<div class=\"article__quote\">\n<div class=\"article__quote-bg\">\n<div class=\"article__quote-bg-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__quote-text\">\u201cI don&#8217;t think Washington can realistically conduct such an operation anyway, regardless of Israeli troops [because] I think the Iranians will eat them alive,\u201d Goldberg concludes.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__quote-info\">\n<div class=\"elem-info\">\n<div class=\"elem-info__share\">\n<div class=\"share m-active\" data-id=\"1123905987\" data-url=\"https:\/\/sputnikglobe.com\/20260327\/why-israels-military-struggles-to-fill-a-15000-soldier-shortfall-1123905987.html?share-block=1123906663\" data-title=\"\u201cI don't think Washington can realistically conduct such an operation anyway, regardless of Israeli troops [because] I think the Iranians will eat them alive,\u201d Goldberg concludes.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"article\" data-article=\"main-photo\">\n<div class=\"article__article m-image\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a possible US ground operation against Iran expected on the horizon, the Israeli military is scrambling to tackle a shortage of roughly 15,000 soldiers as Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir warns the IDF could collapse without immediate action. 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