Hundreds of thousands of mourners attend mass funeral of leading rabbi

Ultra-Orthodox Jews attend the funeral of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky in Bnei Brak, Israel (Oded Balilty/AP)

Hundreds of thousands of people have attended the funeral of a prominent ultra-Orthodox rabbi in a city in central Israel.

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, 94, one of the most influential scholars in the country’s religious community, died on Friday.