JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a shocking incident which emphasizes the current level of incitement against yeshiva students in Israel, a group of youths entered the Rechasim yeshiva on Saturday night and went on a rampage, throwing rocks and other heavy objects. According to testimony from yeshiva students, the violent youths assaulted several students, who did not call the police out of fear that they would be arrested as military draft evaders.

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“Our blood has been declared forfeit. They had knives tucked into their waistbands. I’m afraid to call the police,” one student told Channel 13 News.

Another student described the incident: “After Shabbat ended, there was a fight involving at-risk youths outside our yeshiva. They started throwing rocks toward the yeshiva. One yeshiva student was nearly struck by a large rock that one of the youths aimed at his head. When they saw there was no police presence, they grabbed one student, threw him to the ground, and beat him brutally. Six of them attacked him until he was covered in blood. He’s now lying in the dormitory with a black eye and injuries all over his body.”

The student added that the injured yeshiva student is afraid to seek medical treatment because he is considered a draft evader and fears being arrested.

Summing up the situation, the student said: “We were afraid to call the police because everyone in the yeshiva is considered a draft evader. We feel like our lives are in danger, and we have no protection.”

In addition, Channel 13 News reported that a young charedi man who was in Kfar Hasidim this evening was severely beaten in the face but also chose not to report the assault to police because he feared being arrested as a draft evader.