Police arrest 2 protesters for suspected assault against officers

Police arrest two anti-government protesters at a rally outside the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem on suspicion of assaulting officers. Three other people are detained.

Police at the capital’s Paris Square on loudspeakers demand protesters end the protest, vacate the street and stop making noise.

Hundreds of demonstrators gather in a separate location on the capital’s King George Street to protest in front of a police building.

Police add that officers handed out several tickets to demonstrators who were not wearing face masks.

Police remove protesters from an anti-government demonstration in Jerusalem, August 16, 2020. (Anat Peled/Times of Israel)

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