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Police shut down ultra-Orthodox school in Tel Aviv after 200 people found inside
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Israel Police remove upwards of 200 people from an ultra-Orthodox school in Tel Aviv that was operating in violation of government directives to limit public gatherings to halt the spread of the coronavirus.
“A call was received about an illegal gathering in an educational institution in Tel Aviv. Officers who arrived at the scene saw a gathering of more than 200 people, in violation of the law, and worked to break it up,” police say.
In light of this incident at the Chidushei Harim yeshiva in eastern Tel Aviv and others in the ultra-Orthodox community in recent days, the Health Ministry issued an order shuttering all ultra-Orthodox educational institutions.
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