Israeli police announced that all roads blocked by protesters have been reopened to traffic, as of 19:30. Israel Railways also gradually resumed service after earlier halts due to demonstrators on the tracks, following a day of Haredi protests over draft-related arrests. The disruptions lasted about two hours.
Israeli police confirmed at 19:30 that every highway blocked by Haredi protesters had been cleared and reopened to traffic, following approximately two hours of disruption. Israel Railways then announced a gradual resumption of service on all lines, after demonstrators had occupied tracks in the Ganot area, halting trains. The restoration was completed by 19:43, returning the affected central routes to normal operation.
The thread of reports began at 17:42, when police first closed Highway 6 near the Hadid Tunnel and Highway 1 westbound at Ganot. Within the same hour, closures expanded to Highways 4, 444, and 25, and train service was halted on the Route 1 corridor. By 17:42, footage emerged of a truck driver being attacked after striking demonstrators with an iron bar, as reported by Israeli media. The early reports came from police statements and media outlets; as the evening progressed, the confirmation of full re-openings came from official police and railway sources, marking a shift from unverified to on-record authority.
The protests were centered on the arrest of ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students who refused draft orders. As The Zioneer reported on June 10 at 18:39, a similar demonstration at the Abu Kabir detention compound had ended after three and a half hours with the road reopened. Broader public transit across Israel had resumed full routine operation on June 9, except for frontline communities in the north under security restrictions, as The Zioneer reported at 07:44 that day.
No further disruptions were reported as of 19:44 Jerusalem. The specific number of arrests made during the protests has not been released; the status of the truck driver attacked earlier was not detailed in available reports.
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