JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Amid the growing incitement in the Israeli media against Torah students, a disturbing assault was reported in Ramat Gan on Wednesday. A Haredi yeshiva student from Bnei Brak was allegedly attacked while anti-charedi threats were shouted at him. According to Radio Kol Barama, despite a complaint being filed with the police, the suspect has not yet been arrested.

The victim, identified as Rabbi David, described the incident in an interview with the radio station:

“He jumped off his bicycle, struck me in the stomach and on the arm with a glass beer bottle, and tried to break it so he could stab me. He shouted in the street: ‘Haredim, go back to Bnei Brak. Don’t set foot here. In another five minutes I’ll come back and kill you.’ We’ve reached a point where a Jew is afraid to walk in Ramat Gan because of the way he is dressed.”

The victim added: “The incident happened just five meters from a crowded bus stop in Ramat Gan. Everyone saw and heard what was happening. Not one of the dozens of people there intervened, said a word, or even took out a phone to record the attacker assaulting me. They simply stood by and watched.”

On the same day, a shocking example of charedi incitement against soldiers was published on social media, demonstrating the acute polarization of the charedi community due to the anti-charedi sentiment in Israel and the current attempts at forced conscription. A charedi yeshiva student lambasted a Chashmonaim soldier, telling him: ‘The Torah doesn’t protect you. You will die in Gaza, you’ll be burnt in Gaza, they’ll make a schnitzel out of you.”

מזעזע: חרדי אמר לחייל חרדי מחשמונאים מוקדם יותר היום. ״עליך התורה לא שומרת, אתה תישרף בעזה, יהיה ממך שניצל חייל״
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— יעקב הרשקוביץ | Yaakov hershkowitz (@yaakov_hershko) July 14, 2026