Day 824 - Chaos and death at a Haredi anti-IDF protest
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
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🗓️ 7 January 2026
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Summary
Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Political reporter Sam Sokol joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode.
After a 14-year-old ultra-Orthodox teenager was killed and three others were injured by a bus ramming into protestors following a mass Haredi rally against IDF conscription, Sokol discusses the chaotic street scene and fires set in the middle of the busy road by young men and teens roaming around Jerusalem's Romema neighborhood on Tuesday night.
The rally, which was the initiative of a group of leading ultra-Orthodox rabbis, and connected to the Jerusalem Faction, an extremist ultra-Orthodox group, opened with fiery speeches, reports Sokol, as leading rabbis railed against the government’s draft exemption bill and the Haredi Shas party, which supports it.
Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates.
For further reading:
Police set to charge bus driver who ran over Haredi protester with aggravated murder
Teenager killed, others injured after bus runs over Haredi protesters in Jerusalem
Senior ultra-Orthodox rabbi: Those enforcing Haredi draft are fighting against God
Thousands of Haredim protest against conscription in Jerusalem
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IMAGE: Ultra-Orthodox protest against IDF recruitment in Jerusalem, January 6, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to the Times of Visual's Daily Briefing. It's Wednesday, January 7th, and I'm Jessica Steinberg. |
| 0:09.4 | I'm speaking today with political correspondent San Sokol. Hello, good morning. Hey, Jessica, good morning. |
| 0:14.9 | Hey there. It is day 824 of the war. An ultra-Orthodox teenager was killed and others injured after a bus ran over |
| 0:23.7 | Qaridi protesters in Jerusalem last night. We'll discuss the latest details in that tragic incident |
| 0:30.3 | and what led to it. Stay with us. |
| 0:36.7 | This is Israel's story. |
| 0:39.7 | He could feel the ticking of the clock. |
| 0:42.8 | On their nightly debrief calls, General Segev, the military atiche, was sounding increasingly anxious. |
| 0:49.8 | Both men knew that with each passing day, the window of opportunity was closing. |
| 0:54.5 | The Shah's regime was crumbling, and El-Al flights were having ever more trouble landing. |
| 0:59.5 | And then suddenly, Avramkotafonkel from Iran... |
| 1:03.0 | It was the prince himself, who said... |
| 1:05.5 | I'm in a few days leaving the country, because there is a revolution here. |
| 1:09.7 | So if you want your animals, you have to come |
| 1:14.1 | now. This was late November 1978, and the dynasty was teetering. A woman understood it was now or |
| 1:21.1 | never. Mike found himself on a nearly empty Tehran-bound aircraft. Caviar, fine carpets, a cameo from a sensuous Mossad agent, and cold-blooded murder. |
| 1:35.3 | Frankly, my dear, that's dear. |
| 1:38.7 | Double E. |
| 1:39.9 | Search for Israel Story, wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:49.7 | Music search for Israel Story, wherever you get your podcasts. Okay, Sam, let's start with you this morning. |
| 1:52.5 | You were covering the mass rally last night. |
| 1:55.7 | It was a mass rally against IDF conscription. |
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