Violent Disorder in Beit Shemesh: Several Injured in Clashes

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Hundreds of Haredim protested in Beit Shemesh against the arrest of a Haredi deserter, and violent disorder in the city led to the injury of several people. According to Israel Hayom, a 21-year-old man was moderately injured by severe limb trauma and was taken to Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem. According to Arutz Sheva, five people were lightly and moderately injured, and United Hatzalah teams provided them with treatment on site.

According to Israel Hayom, a 15-year-old boy was moderately to severely injured and a pregnant woman was lightly to moderately injured by stun grenades that were thrown. According to N12, four young people were injured in Beit Shemesh, two of them from a dumpster that fell on them after they pushed it into the road.

Police claim that the two young men were hurt by a dumpster they knocked over themselves, not as a result of police activity, and that the incident took place without police present at the scene.