Police vow to find, arrest rioters who breached home of Military Police chief

Senior officials and bodies continue to condemn the break-in to the backyard of Military Police chief Brig. Gen. Yuval Yamin this evening — while his family were home — by ultra-Orthodox extremists decrying the arrest of a draft dodger.

Israel Police Commissioner Danny Levy has “strongly condemned” the incident and ordered “determined and immediate” action against those involved, according to a statement by the police.

Levy calls the “unacceptable” incident “a dangerous crossing of a red line,” adding that while people have a right to protest, this doesn’t include trespassing, violence and threats to family members.

He says forces are working to locate and arrest those involved.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich earlier called on police “to act decisively to arrest the rioters, to bring them to justice to the fullest extent of the law, and to restore order to the streets.”

Meanwhile, Yashar party chairman and former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot condemns the extremists, alleging that the attack stems from “government policy that enables and even promotes evasion from service during wartime.”

“Israel is turning before our very eyes into a country where gangs sow fear in the streets,” says Eisenkot.

Sam Sokol contributed to this report.