Overview
- Police evacuated the two servicewomen without injuries after a crowd chased them, while rioters overturned a patrol car, torched a police motorcycle and, according to reports, injured five officers.
- Roughly 27–28 people were detained; lawyers say most were released for lack of evidence, and two suspects were placed under five days of house arrest as police pursue those who damaged police vehicles.
- Fresh disturbances erupted Monday night on Bnei Brak’s Ezra Street with fires, blocked roads and attacks on motorists, following earlier clashes in Jerusalem near Kikar HaShabbos.
- Attorneys and residents allege many detentions were “show arrests” and accuse officers of excessive force against bystanders, with video of a woman’s forceful arrest drawing criticism and complaints to oversight bodies.
- Political and rabbinic leaders condemned the violence, with statements from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, IDF Chief Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir and senior rabbis including Yitzhak Yosef, Dov Lando and Moshe Hillel Hirsch.