Soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces began to vote in the elections for the 21st Knesset on Saturday night.
Soldiers of the Special Tasks Engineering Unit (Yahalam) were the first to vote in IDF bases. By the time the ballot casting is over, the IDF will voted in about 640 polling stations. Soldiers will have voted over 72 hours in seven commands and branches: the regional commands, the Home Front Command, the ground forces, the navy and the air force. The commands were divided into 55 additional areas in which regional and unit election officers were appointed.