Israeli mounted police deploy as Ultra-Orthodox protesters demonstrate on the first day Jewish men were requested to enlist for compulsory military service following last month's court order, outside the Tel HaShomer army base in Kiryat Ono, near Tel Aviv, on August 5, 2024. Historically exempt from compulsory military service, ultra-Orthodox seminary students are being called up as Israel's war in Gaza and potential conflict with Hezbollah on the northern border saps resources and fuels resentment against those who do not have to serve. (Photo by Oren ZIV / AFP)