"They crushed my finger": The driver attacked at the Haredi protest recounts the moments of terror | Watch the footage
Omer Yeshayahu, a 27-year-old from Ramat Gan, found himself caught in a Haredi protest on Highway 4 on election night. According to him, hundreds of protesters surrounded his car, threw stones and iron fences, smashed the windshield, and crushed his finger on his foot. He is expected to undergo surgery. Police dispersed the protest with stun grenades.
Omer Yeshayahu, a 27-year-old from Ramat Gan, found himself caught in a Haredi protest on Highway 4 on election night. According to him, hundreds of protesters surrounded his car, threw stones, trash cans, and iron fences at him, smashed the windshield, and tore off the hood. When he tried to escape, he got out of the car to move obstacles, and then they crushed his finger on his foot. He is expected to undergo surgery at Sheba Hospital. His car was severely damaged and could not be started. According to him, police used stun grenades to disperse the protest, and six officers helped him push the car and clear it. Yeshayahu claims that violence was also directed at a bus of Haredi women. He expresses anger at the government, which he says supports draft dodgers and legitimizes violence. Police response has not yet been received.