A third of the Israel Defense Forces soldiers deployed to the West Bank are not combat trained, leading to curtailed military operations, according to activist groups. The letter was sent to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee in relation to the ongoing stagnation of legislation to draft members of the ultra-Orthodox community into the army. The ultra-Orthodox community's leadership opposes military service, and recent figures show that almost all ultra-Orthodox men called up for service have declined. The lack of combat-trained forces in the West Bank is deemed dangerous and prevents certain activities from being carried out, such as patrols, arrests, and weapons searches.