Thousands of police have been deployed at hundreds of checkpoints across the country to enforce the night curfew regulations that have gone into effect for the Purim holiday.
Chief of Police Yaakov Shabtai said, "We have deployed checkpoints between cities and within cities and additional units are enforcing the lockdown in order to maintain public peace and prevent illegal gatherings. I appeal to the public to honor the guidelines and we look forward to full cooperation and avoidance of unnecessary confrontations."
"We will use all the tools at our disposal to confront violations," added the commissioner.