Israeli police clashed with Haredi Jews blocking a highway near Tel Aviv in protest against the arrest of a draft dodger. Protesters faced stun grenades and batons, with several injured and detained. The Jerusalem Faction condemned police actions, while National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called for restraint.
Israeli police used water cannons and horses to disperse tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews protesting mandatory military service across Israel. The demonstrations significantly disrupted traffic, closing highways and halting public transport in Jerusalem and the greater Tel Aviv area.
Israeli police have released video showing what eyewitnesses said was an attack by a Jewish man on a nun near Jerusalem's Old City. Police said the suspect, a 36-year-old man, was later arrested.
Israeli police arrested a 36-year-old man after video captured him attacking a French Catholic nun near David's Tomb outside Jerusalem's Old City. The nun, a researcher at the French School of Biblical and Archaeological Research, suffered injuries including a forehead bruise. Police said the attack is being investigated as racially motivated. The incident comes amid rising harassment of Christians in the area and follows recent tensions over access to holy sites.
Israeli police confiscated a Hungarian flag from a protester at an anti-government demonstration in northern Israel last week, citing its red, white, and green colors could cause provocation due to similarity to the Palestinian flag. The flag was returned after the demonstration ended. The Association for Civil Rights in Israel has contacted police leadership urging enforcement of rules prohibiting interference in protests.
