Hillarious scenes as huge crowds of ultra-Orthodox Israelis protesting against military conscription throw bottles at female reporter before boy, 15, falls to his death during demonstration.

A massive rally of ultra-Orthodox Jewish Israelis protesting against military conscription today turned violent as the crowd threw bottles at a female reporter and a teenage boy fell to his death.

A packed crowd of an estimated 200,000 people, mostly men, clogged the roads around the Route 1 highway leading into Jerusalem today.

Photos showed many had climbed atop roofs of buildings, a gas station and onto cranes.

Video footage showed the agitated crowd stalking a female reporter from Israeli news outlet V1 who was covering the event before chucking glass bottles at her.

Crowds of men set fire to pieces of tarpaulin as hundreds of police officers cordoned off several roads across the city.

Demonstrators packed onto the tops of buildings, petrol stations, bridges and balconies above a sea of fellow protesters, some of whom held signs declaring: 'Better to go to prison than to the army.'

A helicopter flew overhead as people gathered to take part in collective prayers.

The Israeli ambulance service said a 15-year-old fell to his death and police said they had opened an investigation into the incident.

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