PM reportedly livid as Gantz tells media in mid-meeting of need for greater role for Defense Ministry in addressing pandemic; Opposition leader: Government run like 'kindergarten'

Father of slain IDF serviceman Hadar Goldin criticizes prime minister, who addressed gathering by video only, accuses government of 'six years of continuing neglect'

Newly mobilized soldiers to staff 10 coronavirus hotels, as Israel enters what is widely seen as second wave of COVID-19 pandemic

Ministers to discuss limiting gatherings at restaurants, event halls to 50 people; Netanyahu: 'Numbers are rising and there is nothing to stop them if we don't act immediately'

Signs point against major policy announcement despite premier's repeated vows to begin extending Israeli sovereignty to parts of the West Bank starting July 1

Among ideas floated would be redefining some Area C lands as Area B; Israel said to present edited version of Trump map that addresses enclaves

Knesset speaker and national security adviser also participate in talks with Ambassador Friedman and special envoy Berkowitz

TV report says PM told Likud lawmakers West Bank sovereignty bid is 'a complicated process with lots of diplomatic and security considerations'

MK Nitzan Horowitz says no one, except David Friedman, understands Netanyahu's 'obsession' with extending sovereignty to West Bank areas

Defense minister tells US officials coronavirus should take precedence over West Bank moves, but PM insists he is 'not a factor' in the debate