Overview
- Military police arrived at a Modi'in apartment to detain a yeshiva student wanted for failing to report for service, and hundreds of ultra-Orthodox protesters mobilized through the Black Color alert to surround the building and block the arrest.
- Protesters pushed past officers and reached the 11th floor, leading to clashes captured on video and reported by witnesses that included water sprayed from a balcony and apparent physical confrontations.
- Israel Police called in large reinforcements under an “intensive care” procedure to try to secure the scene and rescue the soldiers, but negotiators from the Black Color network held talks with officials and won the student’s release.
- The student left with his rabbi and traveled to Modi'in Illit, and sources at the scene said his impending wedding and personal circumstances were raised during negotiations though police did not confirm this as the reason for the release.
- The episode builds on a wider, escalating dispute over Haredi draft exemptions as the government increases enforcement, and it raises fresh questions about public order, police authority inside private homes, and political fallout ahead of votes.