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Haredi Nationwide Convoy Heads Toward Military Prison 10

The mobilization could escalate a months-long standoff over draft enforcement and expose deep splits in Haredi political leadership.

Overview

  • Organizers called for convoys to depart from 19 points at 4:00 p.m. on June 24 toward Military Prison 10, estimating as many as 2,500 vehicles and thousands of participants.
  • Sharon District Police said they deployed roughly 200 reinforced officers and will not allow vehicles to approach the prison, planning to redirect demonstrators to a parking area outside Kfar Yona and to issue traffic citations if rules are broken.
  • Kfar Yona Mayor Albert Tayeb announced plans to organize a human wall of residents at the Givat Alonim entrance to block convoys from entering the town, creating a local standoff risk.
  • Organizers issued strict operational rules—travel at about 50 km/h in the right lane, do not stop, use a central command hotline—and the effort reflects rare cooperation among Gur, Belz, Vizhnitz and other Hasidic courts while key factions in Degel HaTorah and Shas remain publicly divided.
  • The convoy is the latest phase of a months-long campaign over yeshiva student arrests that has already disrupted roads and rail and could increase pressure on the government, the courts, and public services if clashes or further blockages occur.