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Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Haredi men block Jerusalem road to protest autopsy for teen who died hours after bar mitzvah
Haredi men block a Jerusalem road during a protest against the autopsy of a young boy who died, February 6, 2024 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Dozens of Haredi protesters block roads in Jerusalem in protest of a planned autopsy for a Beit Shemesh teen who died suddenly.
According to the Kan public broadcaster, the boy celebrated his bar mitzvah yesterday and felt unwell immediately after. He was found dead this morning.
Additionally, police say that one person was arrested near the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute in Tel Aviv, where autopsies are carried out.
Halacha, or Jewish law, generally opposes autopsies on the grounds that the human body is sacred and thus should not be tampered with after death, and urges that funerals be held as quickly as possible after a person dies.
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