Overview
- Overnight in Beit Shemesh, two yeshiva students stopped by an Israel Police officer were handed to military police, and a third was arrested at home and sent to Prison 10.
- Military police detained a Be’er Sheva yungerman in a pre-dawn home arrest for failing to report to the induction office, transferring him to a military prison.
- Support organizations say several detainees received 20-day military detentions, including cases at Tel Hashomer and Ben Gurion Airport, with attorneys Shlomo Haddad and Itai Cohen representing multiple students.
- Notnim Gav and allied groups report five arrests within 24 hours as cases shift to military custody, with families turning to the Tzeva Shachor alert system after detentions began.
- Protesters blocked Rechov Shivtei Yisrael in Jerusalem as police directed traffic, and Shas chairman Aryeh Deri condemned the Be’er Sheva arrest as persecution of Torah learners.