When police went to court on Tuesday, 13 Kislev, they asked to extend the remand of 13 protestors among those detained during a violent unauthorized gathering outside the home of Kiryat Gat Chief Rabbi Moshe Havlin Shlita.

The court authorized the extended remand of three suspects until Wednesday (one day), two suspects until Thursday, and eight suspects were released. Police requested a hold on their release to permit appealing to a district court so they too spent another night in court.

The protestors came from Beit Shemesh and Yerushalayim, protesting against the rav, who is a prominent member of the Chabad Rabbonus, for being among the rabbonim who signed a deal with IDF authorities regarding military service for Chabad chassidim.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)