40 of 42 arrested Chabad students agree to enlist in IDF

Posted Wednesday, October 21, 2026 3:23 am

Via Israel National News

In dramatic reversal, 40 Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva students detained at Ben Gurion Airport for draft evasion agree to enlist in the IDF; two others remain in military prison.

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