Police seek to extend detention of 62 arrested during Haredi anti-draft riot

By Charlie Summers

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4 June 2026, 9:36 am

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Police inspect a damaged car at the home of Supreme Court Deputy President Noam Sohlberg, in the West Bank settlement of Alon Shvut, following a violent riot by Haredi men protesting the arrest of yeshiva students who failed to comply with Israeli military recruitment orders, June 3, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Police will bring 62 suspects, arrested last night during an anti-draft riot outside High Court Justice Noam Sohlberg’s home, before a judge this morning with a request to extend their detention.

Last night, a mob of Haredi rioters descended on the justice’s home in the West Bank settlement of Alon Shvut, breaking the windows of his home and car and shattering flower pots on his doorstep.

Officers arrested 65 suspects in wake of the riots, police said. Sixty-two remain in custody, according to the Walla news outlet, and will be brought to the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court this morning.

Police reportedly seized drones and GoPro cameras in the suspects’ possession, Ynet reports.