The two courts released all seven detainees to house arrest.<\/p>\n
\t Shlomo Hadad, a lawyer representing the detained suspects, said police accused his clients of attacking officers and setting fire to a motorcycle. The court freed them \u201cbecause there was no evidence for anything,\u201d he claimed, characterizing the arrests as a \u201cshow for the media.\u201d<\/p>\n According to Ynet, a Tel Aviv Magistrate\u2019s Court judge said that there was reasonable suspicion that two of the adult suspects released to house arrest had assaulted a police officer.<\/p>\n Hadad also contended that the total number of detainees was 28, not 26. He claimed that law enforcement did not list two suspects who were taken to a separate police station in the area.<\/p>\n Police were still searching for those who overturned the patrol car and set fire to the motorcycle, Tel Aviv District police commander Haim Sargaroff told reporters Sunday evening.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, on Monday afternoon, hundreds of Haredi anti-conscription demonstrators briefly blocked traffic at the entrance to Jerusalem, as well as on Route 38, near Beit Shemesh.<\/p>\n \u05de\u05e4\u05d2\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd \u05d7\u05e8\u05d3\u05d9\u05dd \u05d7\u05d5\u05e1\u05de\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05e9\u05e2\u05d4 \u05d6\u05d5 \u05d0\u05ea \u05d4\u05db\u05e0\u05d9\u05e1\u05d4 \u05dc\u05e2\u05d9\u05e8 \u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05e9\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05d0\u05ea \u05db\u05d1\u05d9\u05e9 38 \u05dc\u05d9\u05d3 \u05d1\u05d9\u05ea \u05e9\u05de\u05e9<\/p>\n \u05e6\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd: \u05d7\u05e8\u05d3\u05d9\u05dd \u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05e9\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd pic.twitter.com\/SXQYqOnzrk<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 \u05e9\u05dc\u05d5\u05de\u05d9 \u05d4\u05dc\u05e8 | Shlomi Heller (@Heller_shlomi) February 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Police managed to disperse the demonstrators. In footage from the short-lived protest in Jerusalem, demonstrators were seen sitting on the pavement as traffic in both directions came to a standstill.\n<\/p>\n Army, police spar over prelude to riots<\/p>\n As the dust settled from Sunday\u2019s riots, police said the IDF had sent the two female soldiers to Bnei Brak in order to encourage enlistment of young Haredi men. The army denied this, maintaining that the women had been in the city to visit a draftee.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is no home visit here; this is the distribution of flyers to pre-induction candidates to interest them in military units ahead of their enlistment,\u201d Cdr. Elad Klein, chief of the police\u2019s Dan Precinct, told Kan radio on Monday morning.<\/p>\n Klein said that, while there is no need for the IDF to \u201creceive approval\u201d for such activities, \u201cI think it is proper and right to update the police so they know to prepare, and we won\u2019t have to go in with a limited force to rescue female soldiers.\u201d<\/p>\n The IDF stridently rejected Klein\u2019s allegations, insisting that the two squad commanders at the Education and Youth Corps had been in Bnei Brak to visit one draftee at his home ahead of his enlistment and provide him with an information pamphlet.<\/p>\n \u05d0\u05d7\u05e8\u05d9 \u05e9\u05de\u05e4\u05e7\u05d3 \u05de\u05e8\u05d7\u05d1 \u05d3\u05df \u05d1\u05de\u05e9\u05d8\u05e8\u05d4 \u05d8\u05e2\u05df \u05e9\u05d4\u05d7\u05d9\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05ea \u05e9\u05d4\u05d5\u05ea\u05e7\u05e4\u05d5 \u05d0\u05ea\u05de\u05d5\u05dc \u05d1\u05d1\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d1\u05e8\u05e7 \u05d4\u05d2\u05d9\u05e2\u05d5 \u05dc\u05d7\u05dc\u05e7 \u05e2\u05dc\u05d5\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05e2\u05d9\u05d3\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d2\u05d9\u05d5\u05e1, \u05d1\u05e6\u05d4”\u05dc \u05de\u05e4\u05e8\u05e1\u05de\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05ea \u05d4\u05e2\u05dc\u05d5\u05df \u05e9\u05d4\u05ea\u05db\u05d5\u05d5\u05e0\u05d5 \u05dc\u05d4\u05d1\u05d9\u05d0 \u05dc\u05de\u05dc\u05e9”\u05d1<\/p>\n “\u05dc\u05e7\u05e8\u05d0\u05ea \u05d4\u05d2\u05d9\u05d5\u05e1 \u05e9\u05dc\u05da \u05dc\u05d8\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05e0\u05d5\u05ea \u05d1\u05d7\u05d5\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05e9\u05d5\u05de\u05e8 \u05d4\u05e0\u05d4 \u05db\u05de\u05d4 \u05d3\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05d7\u05e9\u05d5\u05d1 \u05e9\u05ea\u05d3\u05e2: \u05e0\u05e2\u05e6\u05d5\u05e8 \u05db\u05d0\u05df\u2026 \u05db\u05da \u05dc\u05d0 \u05e0\u05e8\u05d0\u05d4 \u05e2\u05dc\u05d5\u05df \u05dc\u05e2\u05d9\u05d3\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d2\u05d9\u05d5\u05e1, \u05db\u05da\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/ZzvL9wcbNM<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 \u05d0\u05d9\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d1\u05dc\u05d5\u05de\u05e0\u05d8\u05dc ???????? Itay Blumental (@ItayBlumental) February 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n The military published an image of the pamphlet that was given to the draftee, which it says is given out to all soldiers who are set to arrive at the Havat Hashomer training base \u2014 intended for recruits who have difficulties entering the army\u2019s regular framework.\n<\/p>\n The pamphlet specified the draftee\u2019s enlistment date, details about the training, and other preparations he should carry out before officially joining the army.<\/p>\n Earlier that morning, Knesset lawmakers held a conference to honor female fighters. The event, organized by Blue and White MK Chili Tropper, had been in the works since before the riots, but took on renewed significance in light of the violence.<\/p>\n \u201cThe very fact that this conference is being held is a clear statement [that] the State of Israel recognizes the contribution of women to its national security,\u201d Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman said during the event.<\/p>\n \u201cWomen combatants are not a footnote. They are at the heart of the Israeli story. In recent years, we have often discussed the question of whether women should be fighters in the IDF or not\u2026 The answer was and remains yes,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
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