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The leader of the Gur Hasidic dynasty joins thousands of ultra-Orthodox men at a protest outside an IDF Military Prison near Kfar Yona, central Israel, July 20, 2026. (Tal Gal/Flash90)
July 21, 2026, 3:29 am
25,000 Haredim protest at military prison over arrest of draft dodger; demo at AG’s home
In rare move, leader of Gur Hasidic dynasty attends rally at Beit Lid alongside UTJ party chief Yitzhak Goldknopf, who appeals for calm after breach of fence surrounding IDF base
By ToI Staff
Haredi rioters break into the IDF's Beit Lid base, July 8, 2026. (Screenshots/X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 9, 2026, 9:08 am
Ultra-Orthodox rioters briefly breach base that houses military prison, courts
Dozens of protesters walk in through gates of Beit Lid facility, where they clash with soldiers; no injuries or arrests reported
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Osher Gabbay (left) accompanies National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (center) to the site of an Iranian missile impact in Beersheba on March 2, 2026. (Screenshot/Otzma Yehudit via Youtube)
March 13, 2026, 1:04 am
Far-right activist with criminal past is serving as an aide to Ben Gvir — report
Osher Gabbay, who has been convicted of assaulting and threating Palestinians, has accompanied minister to blast sites and prison security wings despite lack of security clearance
By ToI Staff
A 17-year-old suspected of taking part in a large-scale arson attack against Palestinians in the northern West Bank in November 2025, after being arrested on December 18. (Israel Police)
December 18, 2025, 6:43 pm
Police arrest third Israeli suspect, a teen, over arson attack in northern West Bank
17-year-old was on the run for a month after escaping from troops who detained him amid large-scale assault on Palestinians in November; another suspect was detained earlier this week
By Charlie Summers
Ultra-Orthodox demonstrators burn enlistment orders at a demonstration outside the Beit Lid military prison, August 14, 2025. (Tal Gal/Flash90)
August 15, 2025, 5:05 am
‘Free the hostages’: Hundreds of Haredim protest outside prison holding draft evaders
Ultra-Orthodox extremists set fire to IDF conscription orders, briefly try to break into military prison, with some claiming their political leaders haven’t been hardline enough
By Sam Sokol
Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest outside army recruitment offices in Jerusalem on August 13, 2025. The pictures in the posters, mimicking those of Hamas-held hostages, are of arrested draft-dodgers with text urging their release. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
August 13, 2025, 7:13 pm
Haredi leaders plan large protests outside IDF prison in support of detained draft dodgers
Hundreds of rabbis set to attend rallies at Beit Lid on Thursday evening; Slonim Hasidic group urges ‘struggle against the enlistment decree and the persecution of Torah students’
By Sam Sokol
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