Haredi protest rallies are dispersing on the instruction of their rabbis, after protesters were reportedly run over by a vehicle. One report says at least one protester was hit. The circumstances of the hit-and-run and any injuries are not yet confirmed. Israeli media report the dispersal order.
Haredi protest rallies in several locations across Israel are dispersing this evening after rabbinic authorities issued a directive to end the demonstrations. The decision came after reports that a protester was run over by a vehicle — an incident that appears to have reshaped the protest's trajectory. The initial Telegram reports from the Haredi right-wing channel Israel Yamin state that, following the hit-and-run, 'on the rabbis' orders, the protests are dispersing.' No official police or medical confirmation of the injury or the identity of the driver has been published.
This marks a sudden turn in a day of escalating protests against the military police's arrest of draft evaders, which saw road blockades and confrontations with police in Jerusalem, on Highway 6, and in other cities. At 18:20, The Zioneer reported that protests had spread to multiple cities after a female driver brandished a knife at demonstrators on Highway 6; a later Zioneer bulletin (19:44 Jlem) noted police had cleared roadblocks in Jerusalem. Earlier tonight, one detainee was released from custody and celebrated by the crowd.
The exact scale of the injury and the precise timing of the rabbis' intervention remain unconfirmed by official sources. The rapid de-escalation order underscores the central role of rabbinic authority in steering the protest movement's tactics.
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