A recycling bin and a car are heavily damaged after the bin was set alight in Jerusalem, September 3, 2025. (Israel Police)
A 60-year-old arrested on suspicion of setting fire to several trash bins during a hostage protest in Jerusalem will remain in detention for another five days, police announce.
Officers brought Amos Doron, a resident of Ramat Gan, to the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court, where he was ordered to remain in police custody until September 8.
Doron was arrested yesterday over a fire lit near Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence that destroyed a car and forced residents in nearby buildings to evacuate.
Police presented the presiding judge with footage of Doron at the scene of the incident, claiming he was in disguise when he set the fire, according to the Kan public broadcaster.
Doron reportedly denies the allegations against him.
Meanwhile, the detention of another protester arrested yesterday, who allegedly lit a smoke bomb atop the National Library after climbing to the building’s roof with 12 other demonstrators, was extended yesterday until this evening.
Police announce their intention to appeal yesterday’s court ruling in a bid to keep the suspect in custody for longer.
Amos Doron, a retired lieutenant colonel and well-known protest activist suspected of arson near the Prime Minister’s residence in Jerusalem, at the Jerusalem Magistrates Court, September 4, 2025 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
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