JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a dramatic incident which occurred in southern Israel, a young married man, Avraham Ben Dayan, 23 years old and only two months after his wedding, was arrested on Saturday night by traffic police while traveling from Netivot toward Tifrach. During a routine excursion, the vehicle was stopped for inspection after it emerged that one of the passengers was a deserter and additionally one of the occupants was not wearing a seatbelt.

After checking IDs, it was discovered that the driver himself was also defined as a deserter, and he was therefore arrested on the spot. The officers informed him that they intended to take him to Sde Teiman, where he would be handed over to the military police.

However, during the drive another twist occurred: police changed direction toward the Bahadim base in the Negev. At the same time, activists, aid organizations, and attorney Shlomo Haddad intervened. Subsequently, the avrech was transferred to the Ofakim police station.

Within minutes, hundreds of avreichim arrived at the scene and gathered outside the station in an attempt to prevent the handover to military police. Shortly thereafter, the avrech was driven back again to the Bahadim base, where he is expected to be handed over to the military police, apparently in order to prevent large-scale demonstrations. According to sources involved in the incident, police attempted to create confusion so that protesters would not know where to assemble.

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Ben Dayan is expected to be brought on Sunday before a military judge, who will determine his sentence for draft evasion.