Haredi journalist Yoeli Brim reports that Saturday night, a group of youths entered the Rekhasim yeshiva, threw stones and heavy objects, and assaulted students. Students said they feared calling police because they might be arrested as draft evaders, with one student stating, 'They shed our blood, they had knives in their belts — I'm afraid to call the police.'
Haredi journalist Yoeli Brim reported late Saturday night that a group of youths entered the Rekhasim yeshiva, threw stones and heavy objects, and assaulted students. According to Brim, students refrained from calling the police out of fear that they would be arrested as draft evaders (arikei giyus). One student told Brim: 'They shed our blood, they had knives in their belts — I'm afraid to call the police.'
The incident is based on a single source, Brim's report. No police statement or other corroboration has been published yet. The attack occurred in the context of tensions over Haredi military service, which has been a recurring flashpoint between some Haredi communities and Israeli authorities. Similar incidents of violence involving public infrastructure have been reported elsewhere in recent weeks, but this is the first such report from a yeshiva in Rekhasim.
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