According to reporter Chaim Cohen, a report that a woman was seriously wounded during a protest is false. Separately, a protester was struck by a vehicle that apparently intentionally accelerated into him and was evacuated to a hospital, Cohen reports. The incidents occurred amid ongoing Haredi protests over the arrest of military draft evaders.
A circulating report that a woman was seriously wounded during Wednesday evening's Haredi draft-evasions protests has been debunked. Journalist Chaim Cohen stated the claim is false. In a separate incident at the same protests, a protester was struck by a vehicle that allegedly accelerated into him intentionally; the victim was evacuated to a hospital. The circumstances of the vehicle strike are under investigation.
Earlier Wednesday, The Zioneer tracked a protest convoy on Highway 1 where a pregnant woman was injured in a crash — initially reported as moderate, then serious — and police attributed the crash to the convoy's slow speed. In a separate thread, The Zioneer reported multiple incidents this month on the same highway network, including a suspect ramming at the Geha Interchange (Jun 11, 19:08 Jerusalem), a moderate injury at Ganot Junction after a vehicle strike (Jun 11, 19:06 Jerusalem), and a second moderate wounding at Ganot (Jun 11, 19:40 Jerusalem). A driver who struck a protester on Highway 6 turned herself in (Jun 11, 20:53 Jerusalem).
The protests, ongoing for days, involve Haredi demonstrators blocking major highways in central Israel to protest the arrest of military draft evaders. As The Zioneer reported on Jun 11, clashes have included vehicles used as weapons and altercations between protesters and passersby.
The claim of a woman seriously wounded has been fully refuted. The vehicle-strike incident remains under investigation; no further details on the protester's condition or the driver's identity have been released as of 20:07 Jerusalem.
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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