3 activists charged with setting fire to dumpsters near PM’s home are freed to house arrest

27 October 2025, 8:27 pm

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This composite image shows Amos Doron (L) and Shmulik Reuveni (R) leaving Hadarim Prison on October 27, 2025, to begin house arrest after spending weeks in prison for setting fire to trash bins near the prime minister's Jerusalem residence. (Benny Meshy/Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)

Three anti-government activists are released to house arrest after spending weeks in jail on arson charges, having been accused of torching dumpsters in Jerusalem’s Rehavia neighborhood during a day of mass protests for the return of the hostages last month.

The three released activists are Lt. Col. (res.) Amos Doron, 60, Shmuel Reuveni, 57, and Eyal Giller, 54.

The fourth defendant, Mark Foigel, 57, is charged with having organized the arson attacks and, as such, remains in custody for the time being.

As the three activists leave Hadarim Prison, a crowd gathers outside to call for Foigel’s release, charging that he is being held for politically-motivated reasons.