{"id":292923,"date":"2026-02-15T18:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/292923\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:24:08","slug":"netanyahu-condemns-extreme-minority-as-female-idf-soldiers-are-rescued-from-riots-in-ultra-orthodox-israeli-city-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/292923\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu condemns ‘extreme minority’ as female IDF soldiers are rescued from riots in ultra-Orthodox Israeli city | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned an “extreme minority” after two female IDF soldiers were rescued from riots in an ultra-Orthodox Israeli city.<\/p>\n

Video footage from Bnei Brak, just east of Tel Aviv, shows the two soldiers being hurried away by police as thousands of ultra-Orthodox men run after them.<\/p>\n

In a post on X, the Israeli prime minister<\/a> said: “I strongly condemn the violent riots in Bnei Brak against female IDF soldiers and Israel police officers.<\/p>\n

“This is an extreme minority that does not represent the entire haredi community.<\/p>\n

“This is a grave and unacceptable matter.”<\/p>\n

“We will not allow anarchy,” the post continued, “and we will not tolerate any harm to IDF servicemen and security forces who carry out their duties with dedication and determination.”<\/p>\n

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\n A recycle bin for papers set on fire during the protests. Pic: AP<\/p>\n

Many in the ultra-Orthodox community in Bnei Brak have staged frequent protests amid anger over proposed laws that may force them to serve in the Israeli military.<\/p>\n

At least 22 people were arrested on Sunday as protesters set police motorcycles on fire, overturned a police vehicle and attacked officers, authorities said.<\/p>\n

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Roughly 1.3 million ultra-Orthodox Jews make up about 13% of Israel<\/a>‘s population. They oppose enlistment because they believe studying full-time in religious seminaries is their most important duty.<\/p>\n

The broad exemptions from mandatory military service have reopened a deep divide in Israel, especially during the war in Gaza<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\n Israeli police detain a man during the protest. Pic: AP<\/p>\n

It comes as hospitals in the Gaza Strip said at least 11 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the enclave in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n

Airstrikes in Gaza kill 11 people, locals say, as Israel claims Hamas violated ceasefire<\/a><\/p>\n

The dead included five men in their 20s, who were killed in an Israeli strike in Khan Younis, according to Nasser Hospital, which received the bodies.<\/p>\n

The Israeli military said it had carried out multiple strikes in response to several ceasefire violations near the Yellow Line, which separates Israeli-controlled areas from the rest of Gaza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned an “extreme minority” after two female IDF soldiers were rescued from riots in an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-292923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}