A pregnant woman was seriously injured Wednesday evening in a crash on Highway 1 that police attribute to the slow speed of a Haredi protest convoy, according to i24NEWS. Emergency responders arrived 25 minutes after the call, according to the report, and several altercations broke out between protesters and residents in Arad. A second suspect-ramming incident was also reported at the Ganot junction; a 21-year-old was moderately wounded.
A pregnant woman was seriously injured Wednesday evening in a crash on Highway 1, which police attribute to the slow speed of a Haredi protest convoy, according to i24NEWS.
This update corrects the location from Highway 6 — as The Zioneer initially reported at 18:44 and repeated at 18:51 — to Highway 1. The emergency response time of 25 minutes remains as previously reported. Additionally, a 21-year-old was moderately wounded in a separate suspected vehicle ramming at the Ganot junction, as The Zioneer had earlier reported on Thu Jun 11, 19:40 Jerusalem, in a bulletin noting it as the second such incident at that junction. In Arad, altercations broke out between protesters and residents, as The Zioneer reported at 18:21 Jerusalem, with police and Border Police working to restore order.
The broader protest wave, sparked by the arrest of draft evaders, has involved convoys estimated by police at 1,000–1,200 vehicles nationwide, as reported at 18:21. Earlier background bulletins (Thu Jun 11, 19:10 Jerusalem) noted drivers attacking protesters on Highway 4, and a commentator warned on Wed 14:05 Jerusalem that the road-block strategy risked bloodshed.
It remains unclear whether the second suspected ramming at Ganot junction is a new incident or a revised version of the earlier report. The involvement of MK Goldknopf, seen leading the convoy according to the initial thread, has not been reaffirmed in this update.
6 developments
- StrongNew video shows female driver attacked after wielding weapon at protesters on Highway 6
- StrongMDA corrects: pedestrian injured at Geha protest is 93, condition moderate
- DevelopingChaim Cohen reports deliberate hit-and-run in apparent security incident
- DevelopingVideo shows shoving, punching in clashes between Haredi protesters and drivers
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