IDF hardware at TA protest creates "chilling effect on freedom of expression," says civil rights attorney.
'Raccoon' - IDF surveillance vehicle in Tel Aviv. Photo: Michael Omer-Man
If you were walking through Tel Aviv on Saturday night in the smaller, alternative march that broke off from the main social justice demonstration, you may have been photographed by one of the IDF’s state-of-the-art field reconnaissance and surveillance vehicles.

Social networks were abuzz on Sunday with photos of a “Raccoon” parked on the streets of central Tel Aviv.

Used by the IDF’s Combat Intelligence Collection Corps, the Raccoon is a humvee outfitted with an advanced surveillance system that includes a radar and long-range day/night electrooptical observation system mounted on a mast rising from the vehicle’s roof.