The IDF announced Monday that a record number of 537 men from the ultra-Orthodox sector enlisted in the December-January cohort of draftees for haredi tracks in the army.

In the main recruitment drive, which began on Sunday, 230 men joined combat units while another 307 enlisted in combat support units “in a wide variety of positions,” the army said.

The figure more than doubled the number from the previous cohort in September, when 240 haredim joined dedicated combat and noncombat frameworks designed to fully preserve a religious lifestyle during military service.