US EditionNetanyahu Condemns 'Extreme Minority' as Female IDF Soldiers Are Rescued From Riots in Ultra-Orthodox Israeli City
Rioters opposing military enlistment attacked police and female soldiers, leading to 22 arrests during unrest in an ultra-Orthodox city, police said.
- On Sunday, video from Bnei Brak showed two female IDF soldiers being hurried away by police as thousands of ultra-Orthodox men ran after them in the city just east of Tel Aviv.
- Amid protests in Bnei Brak, anger over proposed laws and enlistment has surged after reports soldiers had arrived to deliver draft notices, though the IDF said it was a welfare visit.
- Two female IDF soldiers said they had asked their commanders not to enter the area but were instructed to proceed, and one added they hid inside dumpsters unarmed after warnings from local residents.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the rioters an `extreme minority` and vowed action, while senior military, police, religious leaders and opposition figures condemned the attacks and demanded arrests.
- Tel Aviv District police declared a district-wide emergency protocol, used stun grenades and a helicopter, and arrested at least 22 people as they used camera footage to identify suspects.
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Netanyahu condemns 'extreme minority' as female IDF soldiers are rescued from riots in ultra-Orthodox Israeli city
At least 22 people were arrested on Sunday as protesters set police motorcycles on fire, overturned a police vehicle and attacked officers, authorities said.
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Two female IDF soldiers attacked by ultra-Orthodox mob in Bnei Brak
A mob of ultra-Orthodox men chased female IDF soldiers during a welfare visit in Bnei Brak, prompting a police rescue and 12 arrests. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, ultra-Orthodox MK Aryeh Deri and many other Israeli politicians condemned the violence. *המשטרה ממשיכה במאמץ לשמירת הסדר הציבורי ברחבי העיר בני ברק. נעצרו 22 מפירי סדר עד כה. מפירי הסדר השליכו אבנים לעבר השוטרים, הפכו ניידת משטרה והציתו אופנוע משטרתי* pic.twitter.com/aClnW7k5n8 …
The Israeli police had to rescue two female soldiers attacked by ultra-Orthodox this Sunday during a demonstration in the town of Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv, where...
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