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Netanyahu Condemns 'Extreme Minority' as Female IDF Soldiers Are Rescued From Riots in Ultra-Orthodox Israeli City
Rioters opposing military enlistment attacked police and female soldiers, leading to 22 arrests during unrest in an ultra-Orthodox city, police said.
- On Sunday, video from Bnei Brak showed two female IDF soldiers being hurried away by police as thousands of ultra-Orthodox men ran after them in the city just east of Tel Aviv.
- Amid protests in Bnei Brak, anger over proposed laws and enlistment has surged after reports soldiers had arrived to deliver draft notices, though the IDF said it was a welfare visit.
- Two female IDF soldiers said they had asked their commanders not to enter the area but were instructed to proceed, and one added they hid inside dumpsters unarmed after warnings from local residents.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the rioters an `extreme minority` and vowed action, while senior military, police, religious leaders and opposition figures condemned the attacks and demanded arrests.
- Tel Aviv District police declared a district-wide emergency protocol, used stun grenades and a helicopter, and arrested at least 22 people as they used camera footage to identify suspects.
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Netanyahu condemns 'extreme minority' as female IDF soldiers are rescued from riots in ultra-Orthodox Israeli city
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Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox protesters took to the streets in a riot sparked when two women soldiers were assaulted during an official military trip to Bnei Brak. Netanyahu, the IDF chief of staff and Haredi MKs denounced the violence
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