A large Haredi protest is underway outside Prison 10, the IDF's main military detention facility near Tel Hashomer, in the ongoing anti-conscription campaign. The Gerer Rebbe is expected to address the crowd from a special podium set up earlier today, according to Israel Hayom.
Large Haredi demonstrations are underway at this hour outside Prison 10 near Tel Hashomer, with Israel Hayom reporting that the Gerer Rebbe is expected to address the crowd from a special podium erected earlier today, Wednesday. The protest, a key event in the ongoing anti-conscription campaign, began to take shape after detainees from the Solberg home disturbance were transferred to military custody, as The Zioneer reported on Tuesday.
The thread unfolded rapidly on Tuesday, with the earliest reports (17:48 Jerusalem) indicating the Gur Hasidic sect was coordinating with police for a 16:00 rally, and that the Rebbe's sons and senior rabbis would lead the march. Successive bulletins that same evening confirmed the Rebbe's personal call for followers to join, the scheduling of the protest around the transfer of detainees, and that a special podium was being prepared. By 17:48 Tuesday, multiple newsrooms were reporting the expected address, upgrading the original unconfirmed expectation of the Rebbe's attendance into a consolidated, multi-sourced report. The coordination with police, first noted by N12 citing organizer Eli Hirshman, remained a consistent thread across the coverage.
The Prison 10 facility, as The Zioneer previously noted, has served as a focal point for the Haredi anti-conscription struggle. The broader context involves simmering tensions over the conscription of yeshiva students, with the current protest drawing thousands after the arrest of a draft evader from the Gur sect.
As of 16:32 Jerusalem, reports confirm the protest is active and that the Rebbe is expected to speak, but the precise timing of the address and the full crowd size remain unconfirmed. No incidents or police interventions have been reported at this hour.
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