Overview

• IDF military police arrested a 23-year-old yeshiva student in Bat Yam on Wednesday, labeling him a draft deserter under the new enforcement campaign.
• On Tuesday, security checks at Ben Gurion Airport led to the detention of a Haredi man from Ashkelon on military desertion charges and his transfer to army custody.
• Haredi sources say meetings between Va’ad Hayeshivos leaders and senior IDF officials have frozen the planned Bein Hazmanim mass arrest operation, though the army disputes any pause.
• The IDF spokesperson has affirmed that military police are continuing enforcement operations against evaders and deserters “in accordance with the law” with no change in policy.
• Legal aid group Ezram U’Meginam is advising arrested students as rabbis organize large-scale demonstrations outside Military Prison 10 and in Manhattan.