Draft arrest meets unrest Officers leave Modi'in

Oct 5–6

Daniel Grobweis reports the failed overnight arrest of a draft evader in an eleventh-floor apartment in Modi'in Illit. Hotlines mobilized hundreds of Haredi protesters, officers and police became trapped, and negotiations ended with the suspect released and forces withdrawn. He distinguishes military-police limits, organized resistance and Haredi parties' election calculations, airs condemnations by Eisenkot and Hendel and reads Goldknopf's supportive statement. Roi Sharon reports conflicting military and police accounts of who authorized release, questions the deployment and criticizes the failure to arrest violent protesters. Neither responsibility for the release nor all incident details are resolved.

An overnight military-police attempt to arrest a draft evader in a Modi'in Illit apartment is surrounded by a mass Haredi mobilization. Police and soldiers withdraw and the suspect is released after negotiations. Kan reports disputed military/police responsibility for the release, condemnation of violence and political responses. The account does not resolve who authorized the release.