Knesset Member Yitzhak Kroizer to Be Investigated for Assaulting Police Officer

Following a consultation led by the commander of the Central District, the investigation file is being transferred to the elite Lahav 433 unit. Three other suspects in the incident were questioned and released under restrictive conditions, including house arrest, while six more individuals, including Otzma Yehudit CEO Itiel Neiman, are expected to be questioned. According to Haaretz, the primary evidence against Kroizer is footage from the body camera of a Yasam riot police officer.

Kroizer has denied all allegations of violence, presenting photos of his own bruises and a video he claims shows no violence was directed at the officers. He filed a complaint with the Police Internal Investigations Department, claiming that police officers assaulted him, used unreasonable force against him and bereaved families at a memorial event, and deployed pepper spray against him and a baby. Kroizer explained his 11-day delay in filing the complaint was due to the holiday period and his party's election campaign.

Kroizer and Otzma Yehudit leader Itamar Ben-Gvir have denounced the investigation as a politically motivated witch hunt and selective enforcement orchestrated by the Attorney General ahead of the October 27 elections. Kroizer claimed the Attorney General's office instructed investigators to delay taking his statement to avoid duplicate testimonies, while his office vowed to seek the Attorney General's removal from office after the upcoming elections.