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Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Pregnant woman said injured in car accident caused by slow-moving Haredi convoy on Route 1
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A pregnant woman was injured in a car accident with slow-driving members of a Haredi anti-conscription convoy driving to Kfar Yona protest outside the military prison there, Channel 12 reports.
In a statement, Magen David Adom says that it had received a report of a traffic accident on Route 1 near the Shaar Hagay Interchange,” adding, “MDA medics and paramedics are providing medical treatment and evacuating a 29-year-old woman in moderate condition with an abdominal injury to Shaare Zedek Medical Center.”
There have been multiple disruptions associated with today’s mass protest. According to Channel 12, protesters in Ashdod blocked a bus of soldiers while secular counter-protesters attempted to block Haredi demonstrators in Arad, prompting clashes.
United Torah Judaism chairman Yitzhak Goldknopf, a major backer of the protest, was filmed driving slowly and holding up traffic while using emergency lights in his car, leading police to insist he stay in the proper lane.
A video from the convoy posted on X by national broadcaster Kan’s Daniel Grovais showed a motorist appearing to flash a gun at protesters as he passes.
שימו לב – נראה בתיעוד כמו אדם ששולף אקדח ומכוון על המפגינים pic.twitter.com/BfOcVu74zL
— דניאל גרובייס Daniel Grovais (@daniel_grovais) June 24, 2026
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