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Sunday, May 3, 2026
2 men arrested for allegedly shooting anti-government protesters with airsoft gun last night
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePolice have arrested two young men on suspicion of shooting anti-government protesters with an airsoft gun last night during a demonstration in Beersheba.
The detainees, both residents of the southern city in their 20s, were arrested at the scene last night after police searched their car and found the device.
Before the incident, demonstrators “spoke to the police two or three times, asking them to come and protect them from the taunts of passing Bibists,” according to the Protest Detainee Legal Support Front, which provides pro bono legal representation to anti-government protesters, using a term to refer to supporters of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“A car went in circles around the protest and shot airsoft bullets at protesters, hitting elderly demonstrators,” the group says. No injuries were reported.
רכב נסע במעגלים סביב מוקד המחאה, ומתוכו נורו כדורי איירסופט לעבר המפגינים, ופגע במספר מפגינים מבוגרים.
02/05/2026 באר שבע צילמה:יעל ויינשטיין pic.twitter.com/GRc7axf2YU
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