A third consecutive night of unrest unfolded Tuesday night in Shaar Binyamin and Kiryat Ata following the arrests of three yeshiva bochurim who were transferred to military police custody amid Israel’s intensified crackdown on draft evaders.

The arrests sparked confrontations between protesters and police, with officers deploying stun grenades in an effort to disperse crowds that gathered outside police facilities.

Emergency alert systems operated by activist organizations — including networks known as “The Captors Have Arrived” and “Black Alert,” which monitor arrests of draft evaders — issued overnight warnings about attempts to transfer two bochurim being held at the Binyamin police station in the Shaar Binyamin industrial zone and at a community police center in Geva Binyamin.

Dozens of demonstrators rushed to the scene to protest the detentions.

During the clashes, police used stun grenades to break up the crowds, but the two bochurim — Yaakov Esban and Yaakov Eliasaf of Yeshivas Mishkan Dovid — were ultimately transferred to military police custody.

According to the “Black Alert” system, activists were unable to prevent the transfer because emergency reports reached protest organizers too late.

Meanwhile, Kol Barama radio reported that another bochur, Reuven Lamenatzeiach of Yeshivas Kibbutz Givat Zev, was also transferred to military police after being detained at a police station in Beit Shemesh.

At the same time, activists affiliated with the Peleg Yerushalmi faction traveled to Kiryat Ata and demonstrated outside the home of Chai Deri, the security officer at Military Prison 10, protesting the arrests of yeshiva bochurim and chareidi draft evaders.

The latest incidents mark the third straight night in which yeshiva students and chareidi draft evaders have reportedly been arrested and transferred to military authorities.

The organization Am Kadosh, which assists detainees, sharply condemned the arrests in a statement issued overnight.

“The authorities are perfecting their methods of hunting and persecuting yeshiva students with extraordinary diligence. It is becoming increasingly clear to all that according to the State of Israel, Torah study and adherence to the chareidi Jewish way of life are considered the greatest crimes. Israel is becoming the only country in the world persecuting Torah learners and faithful Jews and throwing them into prison like common criminals!”

The tensions follow an arrest Monday night in which a yeshiva bochur was detained during a police checkpoint inspection on Highway 383 and transferred to military police after authorities determined he was classified as a draft evader.

Following that arrest, leaders within the Peleg Yerushalmi warned that additional protests and demonstrations are expected in the coming days.

The bochur arrested Monday was identified as Meir Sabag, a talmid at Yeshivas Darchei Ish in Moshav Tirosh.

According to reports, Sabag arrived late at night at a police checkpoint set up on Highway 383 between the Shaar Avraham interchange and the Masmiya junction.