STORY: Israeli police on Sunday (February 15) rescued two female soldiers from the mainly Ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak amid an angry crowd protesting over the army's efforts to enlist some of the community's members into military service.

Video showed the female soldiers running in the street, physically protected by policemen both in uniform and in civilian clothing, while a mass of Ultra Orthodox Jewish men follow them.

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Clashes between police and residents continued for hours with police hurling stun grenades at the crowd of 'rioters' and arresting 23 people, Israeli police said in a written announcement.

Three police personal needed medical attention, the announcement said, adding that police vehicles were damaged.

Military service is mandatory by Israeli law but the Jewish Ultra Orthodox population has been mostly exempt from it while ultra-Orthodox lawmakers in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition demand a legislation that will make this exemption legal.

Netanyahu's other right-wing coalition partners - as well as opposition parties - argue that ultra-Orthodox men must share the burden of military service, particularly after two years of fighting in Gaza and Lebanon in which nearly 1,000 Israeli soldiers were killed.

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VIDEO SHOWS: ISRAELI POLICE LEADING FEMALE SOLDIER OUT OF ANGRY CROWD AT THE JEWISH ULTRA ORTHODOX CITY OF BNEI BRAK WHERE CLASHES ERUPTED OVER ARMY'S CONSCRIPTION ATTEMPTS AMONG ULTRA ORTHODOX JEWS, CLASHES

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SHOWS: BNEI BRAK, ISRAEL (FEBRUARY 15, 2026) (DAVID KESHET – Must on screen courtesy David Keshet)

1. POLICE IN CIVILIAN CLOTHS RUNNING AROUND POLICEMEN IN UNIFORM WHO IS HUGGING FEMALE ISRAELI SOLDIER WITH ANOTHER FEMALE SOLDIER NEXT TO THEM AS THEY RUN AWAY FROM ANGRY CROWD IN THE JEWISH ULTRA ORTHODOX CITY OF BNEI BRAK/ CROWD OF JEWISH ULTRA ORTHODOX MEN FOLLOWING WHILE SHOUTING, PUSHING UPTURNED TRASH CANS ALONG THE ROAD/ POLICE CAR DRIVING AWAY

2. SCUFFLES, MEN GATHERING OUTSIDE BUILDING

BNEI BRAK, ISRAEL (FEBRUARY 15, 2026) (SHIMON BARUCH - Access all)

3. POLICE CARS ARRIVING AT SCENE

4. POLICE MOTORCYCLES ARRIVING

5. POLICE CHASING MAN WITH BATONS

6. POLICE RUNNING IN STREET

7. POLICE HURLING STUN GRENADE, EXPLOSION

8. POLICE CHASING MEN WITH BATONS/ MORE POLICE ARRIVING

9. SMOKE, POLICE RUNNING, SHOUTING (Hebrew) 'GRENADE'

10. SMOKE, POLICE LEADING DETAINED WOMAN AWAY, POLICEWOMAN CONFRONTING CAMERAMAN (AUDIO: EXPLOSION)

11. GRENADE IN AIR, EXPLOSION

12. MORE STUN GRENADES EXPLODING IN STREET

BNEI BRAK, ISRAEL (FEBRUARY 15, 2026) (SHIMON BARUCH - Access all) (SHOT IN PORTRAIT)

13. MORE STUN GRENADES EXPLODING

14. POLICE CONFRONTING WOMAN

15. SMOKE, PEOPLE MOVING PAST CAMERA AND AWAY FROM CLASHES, MAN HOLDING UP AN OBJECT TO CAMERA SAYING (Hebrew) 'THIS IS FROM THE GRENADE'