Video Shows Teen Injured by Police Flash-Bang at Haredi Protest, Ben Gvir Blames Attorney General

A video from a Haredi protest held earlier this month, and made public on Wednesday, shows a teenage boy being injured in the face by a flash-bang grenade thrown by police. The footage adds to concerns over police conduct during demonstrations.

In response to the incident, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir shifted blame to Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara. According to the minister’s aide, Ben Gvir demanded equal law enforcement, and the attorney general then sought to have him fired because of that demand.

The aide also said Ben Gvir himself proposed dismissing the attorney general, but the move was blocked because the ultra-Orthodox parties opposed it. The article does not say whether any disciplinary or legal steps followed the incident.