From the footage
Footage shows police dressed as soldiers arrest attacking Haredim
In another of a series of undercover operations, police disguised as soldiers are attacked by ultra-Orthodox Jews in Beit Shemesh; other undercover policemen hidden in the crowd subdue the attackers.
On Tuesday, the police carried out an undercover operation to arrest the attackers of ultra-Orthodox soldiers in Beit Shemesh, using policemen who went undercover as soldiers.
Two ultra-Orthodox men who physically assaulted the disguised policemen were arrested by other undercover police officers who were present.
Footage of the arrest (י.ק חדשות נייעסטון ומשה בלאו)
The operation began with the disguised police officers walking the street, who were dressed as soldiers serving in the Military Police. After a short time, local residents gathered around them and shouted abuse at them.
From the footage
Later on, two of them approached the policemen and physically attacked them. At this point, additional undercover policemen who were dressed as ultra-Orthodox Jews jumped on the two assailants and arrested them.
The police said that this is just one part in a series of operations in which police officers disguise themselves as Haredi soldiers to elicit attacks after a series of recent violent incidents.
(Translated and edited by J. Herzog)
