Video: Ultra-Orthodox protesters stormed the grounds of a military prison in Israel
A group of ultra-Orthodox protesters broke into Military Prison No. 10 during a demonstration over the arrest of a draft dodger.
According to Israeli media reports, on the evening of July 8, three buses carrying protesters—including men, women, and children—arrived at the prison. Some of the protesters were relatives and acquaintances of the detainee.
Outside Prison 10—several dozen protesters staging a heated demonstration against the arrest of draft dodgers, including clashes with a soldier outside the prison gates. pic.twitter.com/bETLFLbyd1
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The demonstrators entered the prison complex unimpeded through an open gate, after which clashes broke out with the soldiers stationed there.
The soldiers managed to escort the male protesters out of the prison grounds. At the same time, several ultra-Orthodox women remained inside the complex at the time this report was published.
This is according to reports from leading Israeli media outlets.
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