Two Haredi soldiers from the Hashmonaim Brigade were assaulted in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood on Sunday night, as residents threw objects and shouted at them. Police extracted the soldiers from the scene, according to Israeli media. The attack follows a similar incident on Saturday night.
For the second night in a row, Haredi soldiers were targeted in Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood. On Sunday night, June 11, two soldiers from the Hashmonaim Brigade — an IDF unit established to integrate Haredi men into military service — were assaulted by residents who threw objects and shouted at them. Police intervened and extracted the soldiers from the scene, according to N12. The assault follows a near-identical incident on Saturday night, June 10, in which two Haredi soldiers from the same brigade were attacked in the same neighborhood, as The Zioneer reported earlier. It remains unclear whether the attackers in either incident were arrested or if any soldiers were physically injured. The Hashmonaim Brigade has faced persistent hostility from some segments of the Haredi community, where military service remains a deeply contentious issue.
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