Israeli army to send recruitment summons for 54,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews

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The Israeli military has announced it will begin sending draft notices to members of the ultra-Orthodox community this week as the law giving them exemptions from military service has expired, Al Jazeera reports.

The notices will be sent out in several phases in July until all 54,000 summonses are issued, the army said in a statement.

It added that the army intends to ramp up its “enforcement actions against draft evaders and deserters from the entire population”.

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