New IDF Recruits Seek Combat Service

(Ynet News) Hanan Greenberg - In the August draft of new recruits into the Israel Defense Forces, 90% of those assigned to combat units asked to be fighters, a new record. Lt.-Col. Eran Shani, chief of the IDF human resources branch, said that the infantry is the most sought after assignment among the combat units, and that the dropout rate during the training period has become negligible.