Three women detained at anti-government protest on Saturday were strip-searched — report

12 August 2025, 9:08 pm

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An anti-government, pro-hostage deal protest in front of the Begin Road entrance to the IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, August 9, 2025. (Yael Gadot/Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)

Three women were strip-searched after being detained for blocking the road during an anti-government protest in Tel Aviv Saturday night, Channel 12 reports.

Another man who was arrested for the same reason was asked only to lift his shirt but was not strip-searched, the network says, noting that officers are entitled to perform strip searches only where they have a reasonable suspicion that justifies it.

Police tells the network that “the search was done in accordance with statute and the authorities granted to soldiers.”