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A bus set alight by an ultra-Orthodox mob in the city of Bnei Brak, January 24, 2021. (Israel Police)
Firefighters situated down the street from an ultra-Orthodox riot on Sunday night refused to extinguish a bus set on fire by the mob for an hour, despite frantic pleas from local residents, according to Hebrew media reports on Monday.
Police also largely avoided the area, allowing the rioting against the lockdown rules and the arson to continue late into the night.
According to a report by the Haaretz daily, the mob pulled a driver from his bus and beat him, lightly injuring him, around midnight. It was the second such attack against a bus driver, following a similar unprovoked assault by the rioters in the early evening.