JERUSALEM — Israeli authorities on Wednesday identified the teenager killed in a bus incident during an ultra-Orthodox protest in Jerusalem as Yosef Eizental, 14, a resident of the Ramot neighborhood in the capital.
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Eizental was fatally injured Tuesday evening during a demonstration against proposed changes to Israel’s military conscription law. The protest drew thousands of ultra-Orthodox participants to northern Jerusalem.
Police said the incident occurred outside the officially coordinated protest zone, at an intersection that remained open to traffic. Investigators are examining reports that disorder broke out near a bus that entered the area and that the driver later told police he had been attacked and called for help minutes before the collision.
According to preliminary police accounts, a group of youths blocked the bus on Yirmiyahu Street. As the driver attempted to leave the area, one teenager clung to the vehicle. The bus later stopped on Ohel Yehoshua Street, where emergency crews removed Eizental from beneath the vehicle, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. Several others were injured.
A respected student
Family members said Eizental was a second-year student at the Ahel Torah–Ponevezh Yeshiva for Young Men in Jerusalem, where he was regarded as a dedicated and promising pupil.
He was the son of Rabbi Shmuel Eizental, a teacher at the yeshiva, and the grandson of Rabbi Uriel Eizental, a community rabbi in the Ramot Gimel neighborhood. News of his death sent shockwaves through Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community, with religious leaders and students expressing grief and disbelief.
Funeral arrangements were expected to be announced later.
Growing tension over the draft
The deadly incident has intensified debate over a wave of protests sparked by government efforts to broaden military service requirements for yeshiva students. The issue has become one of Israel’s most divisive social and political disputes.
Police said the bus driver has been detained for questioning and that the investigation is ongoing. Authorities stressed that the circumstances of the crash — including the actions of protesters and the driver — remain under review.
Second major haganah to end in the death of a bochur recently R”L.
Maybe they ought to rethink their slogan of נמות ולא נתגייס. This is terrifyingly eerie.
So sad. Is there any video surveillance from the bus that shows what happened ?
Still waiting to see if the rabanim will finally start banning these stupid useless and violent protests that accomplish nothing . And actually start adapting some basic common sense. I guess time will tell.
The Kan News crew was attacked this evening (Tuesday) while covering the haredi demonstration in Jerusalem. The crew, reporter Chaim Golditch, a photographer who accompanied him, and three security guards were pelted with stones and other objects as crowds ran after them.
One of the security guards was hit in the head by a stone. The security guard received medical treatment on the spot from another security guard, who is trained as a paramedic. In addition, the camera used by the crew was broken during the incident.
Following the attack, the team was forced to flee and hide inside a nearby store, where they waited for police rescue.
The hands of the wicked supreme court is QUITE LITERALLY dripping with Jewish Blood:- This tragedy 100% solely their fault.
See a grandmother’s letter on Matzav site. She saw the hooliganism .
Souns terrible.teaches us the dsngers of playing stupid games when you can win stupid prizes
This will only reinforce the victim mentality among Israel charedim. As if they’re the forever victims of Israel society when really they get served hand and foot.
So many horrible people we have living among us that can’t even be sad for a poor Jewish boy’s death. I’m sure at 14 you guys were all Saints and never did anything Reckless or stupid, but we wouldn’t celebrate your death. But since we know the community he’s from it’s become a national celebration. Shame on the most of you. If you think they will roll out the red carpet for you haters to the bais hamikdash I have bad news for you the last thing you should pray for is the mashiach because it’s your end
The happiness and snideness about this Bachur’s death I see in the comments is not at all surprising. The reason why non-Chareidim (which includes MO, DL and Secular, and unfortunately some card-carrying Chareidim too) are so upset that Chareidim aren’t joining the IDF is not because they oppose Torah learning per se (though that may be true of many of them). It’s because they’re upset Chareidim aren’t getting killed in the war while members of their community are. So what’s the difference if a Chareidi got killed in Gaza or was run over by a bus during a demonstration (which it has since come to light he was not part of; rather he was on his way home and was passing through)? As long as one more Chareidi is dead, it’s ok with them. Maybe now they’ll “learn their lesson” and have more “compassion” for the bereaved families of the Gaza war!
Another korbon of the Leftist high court attempt to force Chareidim into the army. You cannot force a million Jews to join your army against their will.
Tragic loss of life caused by the Chilonim.
Arab racist driver and incitement by Haaretz who defame IDF with lies [Haaretzism casts racist Arab terror as “freedom fighting”] yet deman Haredim be drafted
How do these yeshiva boys feel, having other boys going to war to defend the country, while they are having a good time.
Yes, we know for a fact that the boys enjoy these protests.
terrorist attack
died fighting a hero, died fighting shmad
BDE what a sincere sweet young boy doing his call to duty. Now he will get his just reward on high – 72 virgins!
We just davened Mincha in a Heimishe-Chasidishe Beis Medrash. The wonder is that, not even one person felt bad for this tragedy that unfolded.