Coalition Crisis Deepens as Haredi Leaders Threaten Elections Amid Draft Arrests

Aryeh Deri and Moshe Gafni have issued an ultimatum to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, warning that the coalition could head toward elections as tensions rise over the continued arrests of draft evaders. The article says the crisis centers on repeated detentions of ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers and the political fallout inside the government.

A further arrest of a Haredi draft evader was carried out by the traffic police, and preparations were underway for a convoy of cars to Prison 10. At the same time, a bus in Bnei Brak got stuck in a pothole, drawing angry residents' criticism of the municipality.

The piece also says a decision was reached not to arrest draft evaders on election day. Separately, the IDF struck four Hezbollah militants in Lebanon.

The report includes additional brief items on the weather forecast, the arrest of two young Haredi women at an airport in Europe after prohibited items were allegedly found on them, and a police uproar over severe violence, including a message from the police commissioner to the commander of the Bnei Brak station, amid reports that Itamar Ben Gvir wants to remove him. It also notes a full edition of the program "Hayom BaKikar" hosted by Yossi Sargovsky.