Defense Minister Yoav Gallant says 60 percent of Hamas fighters have been killed since October 7.

Addressing the Knesset, he said the army eliminated most of the group’s battalions.

He also said 3,000 ultra-Orthodox soldiers would be drafted into the army by next year in a gradual process.

“Our goal is to draft all those that can be recruited according to the law. This is how we work,” he said.

This comes after the Supreme Court ruled in June that ultra-Orthodox Jewish men will also have to join the army, reversing a decades-long exception for the conservative community.