Overview

• Israeli military police have conducted unprecedented overnight raids in Haifa and Tel Aviv to detain draft-eligible yeshiva students at their homes.
• A military court sentenced Raphael Yitzchakov to 17 days and his brother Baruch to 13 days in detention for refusing to report for service.
• Senior haredi rabbis held urgent consultations in Bnei Brak, declared “war” on the state’s measures and visited incarcerated bochurim to coordinate communal resistance.
• Thousands of bnei Torah gathered in Jerusalem chanting “We will die and not enlist,” leading to violent clashes with police and several arrests.
• Senior gedolim held secret meetings with a U.S. envoy from Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s office to explore diplomatic pressure on Israel’s conscription policy.