JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Thursday it found “serious, systemic failures” in its own reporting that inflated figures on the enlistment of ultra-Orthodox Jews, a hot-button issue in a ...

As Israel mobilizes an additional 60,000 reservists for its Gaza City offensive, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a showdown over mandatory military service for the ultra-Orthodox community, a ...

An Israeli military van transporting arrested ultra-Orthodox Jewish draft evaders was attacked overnight by protesters from the community, the army said.

Israel has passed a long-debated law that will make ultra-orthodox Jews eligible for military service, a controversial move that reverses a policy in place since the founding of the state.

Among the recent public letters was one from dozens of Orthodox rabbis demanding “moral clarity” to what they called a humanitarian crisis. By Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer As Israel’s tactics in Gaza ...