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Israel’s manpower crisis worsens as wave of resignations hits army
The resignations are from the unit of the Israeli army spokesman Lt Col Daniel Hagari
The Israeli Army Spokesperson’s Unit, led by Lt Col Daniel Hagari, has witnessed a large wave of resignations.
Among those who resigned are Hagari’s second in command, Colonel Butbol, as well Colonel Moran Katz and the army’s International Spokesman Lieutenant Richard Hecht.
“A large number of officers recently announced their retirement from the unit responsible for the military’s information system,” Hebrew news outlet Channel 14 reported on 3 March.
A number of female officers were also among those who resigned.
The resignations came “after things did not work out ‘professionally and personally,’” Channel 14 correspondent Tamir Morg said.
Several officers have reportedly complained about not moving up in the ranks, the Hebrew outlet explained.
“The picture is complex, since it is a military system and sometimes people reach retirement age and leave for no particular reason, but despite this, the number of people who retire at once during a war is unusual,” the correspondent said.
The Israeli military has not responded to requests for comment.
The resignations come as significant tension has overtaken Israel’s military establishment.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has been calling for an end to draft exemptions for Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community, citing a severe manpower crisis in the army. Gallant said he would only support legislation to settle the issue if certain members of the ruling coalition backed it.
“The army is in need of manpower now. It’s not a matter of politics, it’s a matter of mathematics,” the defense minister said on Sunday.
Gallant’s position is causing tension with ultra-Orthodox parties in the coalition, viewed as integral to the current government's survival, according to Hebrew media.
Israel is taking severe losses from its genocidal war in Gaza and its attempt to eradicate the Palestinian resistance.
While Israel claims that Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah is the final Hamas stronghold, the group’s military wing, along with several other factions, continue to fiercely confront Israeli troops across the strip.
“The situation is simply not good and does not match the threat map,” Ynet reported on 1 March.
https://thecradle.co/articles/israels-manpower-crisis-worsens-as-wave-of-resignations-hits-army
Fake report of IDF spokesperson 'mass resignation' goes viral on social media
Despite being false, this report has been shared vigorously on posts throughout social media sources, including Reddit, Threads, X (formerly Twitter), and Facebook.
The IDF spokesperson’s unit is unphased by false reports on Israel’s right-wing Channel 14 claiming that several senior officials in the unit have announced their retirement from the army despite the war in Gaza.
Channel 14’s Tamir Morag reported on Sunday night that several high-ranking officials in the IDF spokesperson’s unit announced their resignations around the same time amid the war.
Among them was “number two in the IDF spokesperson’s unit, Col. Shlomit Muller-Butbul,” who, according to the report, “is in the resignation process.”
“She was supposed to leave the week that the war broke out, but then, because the war broke out, she stayed a little,” an IDF source told The Jerusalem Post.
The Channel 14 report also claimed that “Moran Katz, a civilian employee of the IDF in the spokesperson’s unit at the colonel rank, quit after things didn’t work out ‘professionally and personally.’”
In reality, according to the source close to the matter, “Moran completed her contractual obligations and did not extend [her contract.]” This after over four years in her position.
Col. Tzofiya Moshkovitz was also reported as having resigned – but she has not done so.
https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-790180