Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Major highways reopen after Haredi anti-enlistment protests
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Ultra-Orthodox protesters against the jailing of yeshiva students who failed to comply with an army recruitment order, outside the military prison in Beit Lid, near Kfar Yona, August 20, 2025. (Gili Yaari /Flash90)
Police say routes 2, 4, 6 and 57 have reopened to traffic after hardline Haredi anti-draft protesters blocked major central Israel highways.
There is still heavy traffic in the areas, police say, advising drivers against nearing them.
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