Two men — a 93-year-old and a 21-year-old — were moderately wounded in two separate suspected deliberate ramming incidents at protests in Jerusalem and Petah Tikva, according to Israeli emergency services and N12 reporter Amit Segal, who noted the incidents occurred amid ongoing Haredi protests against the arrest of draft evaders.
The alert follows a day of escalating confrontations between Haredi protesters and drivers on major highways. As The Zioneer reported at 18:58, a 93-year-old man was moderately wounded in Petah Tikva in a suspected ramming, and a 21-year-old was similarly injured at the Ganot Junction minutes later. The 19:16 message confirms a second incident in Jerusalem, bringing the total of moderate-injury suspected rammings to two, though the Jerusalem event's precise location and the condition of both victims remains as initially reported. Earlier, at 19:06, a brawl at the Ganot Interchange left one person unconscious briefly. The protests center on the arrest of ultra-Orthodox military draft evaders, which has drawn thousands to intersections nationwide. Footage of a driver attacking protesters on Highway 4 and a female driver brandishing a sharp object on Highway 6 have also circulated, reflecting growing driver frustration as blockages stretched for hours. Police have made at least one arrest (Abu Kabir, 16:48). It remains unclear whether the Jerusalem ramming suspect has been apprehended; ambulance services have not updated casualty totals beyond the two moderate injuries.
2 developments
- StrongMDA corrects: pedestrian injured at Geha protest is 93, condition moderate
- Strong93-year-old man run over at Geha Junction protest, according to Israeli activist
- Strong21-year-old moderately wounded in suspected vehicle strike at Ganot protest
- DevelopingThree men moderately wounded in overnight violence across Israel
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