Bnei Brak or Bene Beraq, is a city located on the central Mediterranean coastal plain in Israel, just east of Tel Aviv. A center of Haredi Judaism, Bnei Brak covers an area of 709 hectares, and had a population of 223,785 in 2023. It is one of the most densely populated cities in Israel and the seventh-most densely populated city in the world.