Ultra-Orthodox Jews are protesting at an army recruiting office in Tel Hashomer against a plan to draft members of the community into the army, Al Jazeera reports.
In June, the Supreme Court decided that the army would now enlist draft-age ultra-Orthodox Jewish men into the military despite previously being exempt from the mandatory conscription, as the onslaught on Gaza continues and the tensions on the Israel-Lebanon border intensifies.
According to The Times of Israel newspaper, 900 previously exempt students are expected to report to the recruitment offices later today. Protests are also expected to grow later in the day.
