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Thursday, February 12, 2026
Haredi activists attacked IDF veterans, including amputee, in Bnei Brak, says group
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA group of pro-enlistment activists say they were attacked by a group of ultra-Orthodox youth in Bnei Brak last night, who hit and punched them — including a wounded IDF amputee.
The group, Katef El Katef (Shoulder to Shoulder) says it went to the majority-Haredi city to hang up posters encouraging enlistment in the IDF.
Jonathan Shalev, the organization’s founder, says they were “attacked with severe violence by a mob,” including with “stun grenades and bricks.” He writes on X that he was wounded in his hand, and that another activist, who lost his leg while fighting in Gaza, was beaten up and needed treatment.
The IDF veteran in question, Yuval Shalit, tells Channel 12 news that his group wanted to “physically be there and talk to people face to face” in an effort to encourage them to serve in the military.
Shalit says when the group decided to pull back amid the violence, a number of Haredi activists followed them, trying to attack them and saying things like “it’s a shame you didn’t die in Gaza.”
אמלק – הותקפנו בחזיזים.
בפעם הראשונה שהגענו לבני ברק עם נכי צה״ל – הגיע בחור חרדי שאמר שזה מחזק אותו להתגייס לצבא, היום הוא בחשמונאים
בפעם השנייה הדבקנו באמצע הלילה כ500 פשקווילים שנשרפו עוד באותו לילה
אז חזרנו שוב עם 1,000 פשקווילים, בחיי לא כאלה שתוקפניים – אלא כאלה שעל סף… pic.twitter.com/Rc6AVKRqPx
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