“This is not true. I personally know the IDF most definitely has a manpower shortage “
Sunday, August 12th, 2012
The ratio vs. space available in the paratroopers brigade is 4:1,i.e. there are four guys applying for every possible combat position.
On the lower end,in the Tank Division there is 1:7 applicants for every possible combat spot.
The rest of the combat units are somewhere in between(with the IAF of course,even more selective)
As noted settler Lt. Col. Yishai Fleisher wrote a couple months ago, the greatest danger many members of the IDF ever face are the traffic circles in Tel Aviv.