Protests

The clashes with police broke out on Haim Bar-Lev Boulevard in Jerusalem, where protesters blocked traffic and confronted officers who had been called to the scene.

Security forces reportedly beat and detained revelers in Tehran as Iranians donned costumes and went without hijabs, defying new restrictions on Halloween events.

Demonstrations across Germany, France, Italy and other European countries on Saturday saw clashes with police, arrests and calls for greater investment in public services.

The protesters also tried to intimidate the new recruits arriving at the base, police added.

On France's third weekend of protests, riot police charged to disperse small groups of rioters at the end of the Paris march, and fired tear gas in Lyon and in Toulouse.

The unrest has handed a political boost to far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who leads the polls ahead of April's presidential election, while potential centrist successors to Macron remain divided.

The New York Police Department has backed away from its intention to award a contract of about $750,000 to the Israeli company Cognyte to develop cell phone tracking and location capabilities.

Chiara, a 21-year-old student in protest-hit Milan, believes “it's vital to take part in people's spontaneous movements born from an explosion of rage that made collective action possible.”

A group linked to the protest movement told Israelis flying in to vote to print its hotline numbers and keep them in their passports in case police detain them and take their phones.

Assaults were reported against a B'Yachad activist in Tiberias. Earlier in the day, the Haredi Public Party announced its members had been attacked in Bnei Brak, Beit Shemesh, and Betar Illit.