Overview
- Avraham Ben Dayan, 23 and married two months, was stopped by traffic police near Tifrach, identified as a deserter, and transferred into military custody after being moved between stations and bases.
- Following the arrest, hundreds protested at the entrance to Ofakim on Route 241, where police used stun grenades to disperse crowds and detained three people, according to authorities.
- A military court on Sunday evening sentenced Ben Dayan to 10 days of detention in a military prison after his initial night in custody.
- Protests later spread to Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh, and a separate arrest of yeshiva student Eliyahu Kashi in Be’er Yaakov was reported by activists.
- Family members and counsel say Ben Dayan was denied tefillin and that officials obscured his location, as MK Moshe Gafni condemned the conduct and attorney Shlomo Haddad filed an appeal seeking his release.