Israel imposes curfew on Arab-Jewish city as protests intensify

The central city of Lod is under a state of emergency, and residents are banned from leaving their homes Wednesday night.
A truck burns at the entrance of the mixed Jewish-Arab city of Lod, where a state of emergency has been declared following civil unrest, on May 12, 2021. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a state of emergency in Lod, where police said "wide-scale riots erupted among some of the Arab residents," and authorities later imposed an overnight curfew there.
A truck burns at the entrance of the mixed Jewish-Arab city of Lod, where a state of emergency has been declared following civil unrest, on May 12, 2021. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a state of emergency in Lod, where police said "wide-scale riots erupted among some of the Arab residents," and authorities later imposed an overnight curfew there. - AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images
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Police in Israel are placing the central city of Lod under curfew following two nights of deadly clashes between Jewish and Arab residents.

From 8 p.m. on Wednesday until 4 a.m. Thursday morning, people in Lod are banned from leaving their homes and non-residents cannot enter the city. Exceptions to the curfew will be made for residents in need of medical attention or seeking shelter from rockets.

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