Police broke into a house in Givat Zeev where an incident took place in violation of the instructions, and a brawl broke out • The organizers claimed that they were attacked by the police - but videos from the scene show a different sequence of events • Prof. Gamzo responded to the police: "Message to all
Tonight (Wednesday), Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a conversation with Minister of Internal Security Amir Ohana following the incident in Givat Zeev. According to Netanyahu's announcement, "Ohana undertook to conduct a thorough and rapid investigation into the matter and report its results to the public as soon as possible."
Prof. Roni Gamzo, Corona's supervisor, responded to the police activity in a statement: "The police action today is a message to anyone who implements incidents with impudence and insensitivity. This type of enforcement will continue. We have no tolerance for mass gatherings and weddings Will repeat themselves. '
Tonight, police forces broke into a house in Givat Zeev, where a wedding was held in violation of the closure regulations.
Documentation posted on the network shows the family members crying and shouting, while one of the men is lying on the floor and another person leaves the house bleeding.
Photo: Police Spokeswoman
Police noted that police officers who arrived at the scene noticed dozens of people staying in the yard of the house contrary to the instructions and asked them to leave.
A fight ensued, during which one person was arrested and the landlord was fined NIS 5,000.
The groom's uncle claimed that "the face of the bride's brother was blown up. That is after 20 vehicles and border guards arrived, they brought half a battalion.
All the gathering came from the neighbors.
Start the wedding at four and divide into capsules until ten at night.
Everything was according to the rules.
We were told to get from seven to eight.
The canopy was done at noon.
Only when the policemen came in droves did a gathering begin.
Shame and disgrace to the Israel Police. "
Police: "Details distributed are distorted"
Police response: "The police arrived following a report of a wedding with dozens of participants, violating the instructions. The policewoman who documented what was happening and asked to identify the landlady was attacked by her, so the police had to inform her that she was detained. They asked her to accompany them several times.
"At this point, the rest of the household began to rage and disturb the policemen, while some threw shattered glass oil bottles at them. The policemen arrested one of the suspects while resisting arrest and attacked them, while slipping on the oil. The house and transferred the suspect to the police station, where the MDA team was summoned, who provided him with medical treatment.
"Unfortunately, in the last hour, completely distorted details about the case have been circulated on social media in an attempt to discredit the police and denounce their activities," it said. "Instead of condemning the person who violated the regulations, he did not obey the police's instructions and attacked them. To harm police officers who perform their duties legally for public health.
"Where did we get to?"
Throughout the network, they did not remain indifferent to the difficult scenes that came from the same event in Givat Zeev.
"It is forbidden to remain silent about such outrageous sights," wrote the ultra-Orthodox journalist Israel Cohen.
"This time the whole public must stand still and not move on to the agenda. No family should come out injured and bruised from the daughter or son's wedding, the happiest day of their lives. Just a shame."
The delusional and disturbing conduct of police officers is now happily in Givat Zeev.
Just outrageous!
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- Israel Cohen (@ Israelcohen911) October 14, 2020
The ultra-Orthodox WhatsApp groups are furious: "Where have we come from? What mirrors are shown to children? Us ?, Lord of the Worlds Where are all the representatives? Are you talking about contagion? Murderers here in the middle of a wedding is just chilling. I've been crying for half an hour."
The ultra-Orthodox journalist Yossi Alitov said: "This is a wake-up call for the ultra-Orthodox politicians. Get up and do something about it. Stop covering up Amir Ohana's police. There is no way we will remain silent when police beat women and children with cruel and inconceivable violence. There is a way to enforce the law.
Interior Minister Aryeh Deri noted: "There is no reason for police officers to break into the house with rifles drawn and injure people. Tonight I will address Prime Minister Netanyahu and demand a thorough investigation into the serious incident and the cessation of severe police violence."
The interior minister also said that he had talked to Prime Minister Netanyahu about the incident: "I told the prime minister that this is a very serious incident in which police officers break into a house with guns and injure people.
"I demanded a thorough investigation by an outside source, and the prime minister promised to investigate the incident tonight."