The Israeli police arrested hundreds at a mass holiday celebration.

The Israeli authorities arrested over 300 people on Tuesday after large crowds gathered for a holiday celebration in northern Israel despite coronavirus restrictions and police checkpoints on roads.

The Associated Press reported that hundreds of religious Jews assembled at Mount Meron and that some “threw stones and other objects a police officers at the scene” when they tried to control the crowd.

Those gathered were observing the feast of Lag b’Omer, when ultra-Orthodox Jews traditionally convene at the tomb of a prominent rabbi from antiquity on Mount Meron, according to The A.P. The festivities include dancing and bonfires.

In Jerusalem, thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis marked the holiday with large crowds, the A.P. reported.

Israel currently has a ban on public gatherings of more than 20 people as a result of the pandemic, which has hit the nation’s ultra-Orthodox community hard.

NYT