Journalist Eli Hirschman (N12) reports that the parking lot opposite the prison filled to capacity. When police attempted to close the gate, several Haredi protesters tried to knock down the fence. Police subsequently left the gate open.
At 21:11 Jerusalem, police at a prison gate—identified in earlier reports as the entrance to Prison 10—attempted to close the gate after the parking lot opposite the facility filled to capacity. According to journalist Eli Hirschman (N12), several Haredi protesters then tried to knock down the fence. In response, officers left the gate open. No injuries were reported at the scene.
The Zioneer first reported at 21:11 Jerusalem that followers of the Gur Hasidic sect were dismantling fences outside Prison 10. A subsequent update that same minute reported clashes at the site, followed by a report that protesters had attempted to knock down the fence at the gate. The thread then noted that the crowd had filled the parking lot, leading to the police decision to leave the gate open.
The incident is part of an ongoing Haredi protest movement against the arrest of draft evaders. As The Zioneer has previously reported, similar protests have included blockades of military prisons and major highways, such as the blocking of a bus carrying soldiers near Jerusalem on June 24 and the blockade of Beit Lid military prison on June 22.
It remains unclear whether the gate was left open temporarily or remains open, and whether any arrests were made at the scene. The protest activity is ongoing.
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