Education Committee unanimously shoots down plan to only allow groups of 15 for grades 5-12 with 100-meter distance between groups, saying it's too stringent

Jerusalem hospital closes two virus wards as patient numbers fall; 780 new cases Monday; deputy health minister: Israel has yet to see effects of reopening preschools, daycares

Students will be divided into separate pods; after-school programs also to resume; businesses that receive customers on one-by-one basis allowed to reopen

Ministers squabble over plan approved Sunday to allow grades 1-4 to return to school, with some criticizing decision that youngest kids will attend only 3 days a week

Head of mayors association says local authorities should be given greater power to to decide on reopening education system, a proposal reportedly rejected by the government

Health Ministry says coronavirus morbidity has been at high 'red' end of official scale for 5 days; officials fret that illegal weddings are prime cause of spread in Arab community

After ending Wednesday discussion undecided, coronavirus cabinet to debate plans for resuming classes for grades 1-4 next week, reopening workplaces that serve customers in person

Netanyahu calls to shorten multi-stage plan for lifting national lockdown, but health officials said to warn of risks in doing so

Cabinet to meet on allowing shops, malls to reopen but keep school gates shut; experts said concerned about reliability of transmission data from previously high infection areas

Leading academic who has briefed Knesset members says most politicians have made their minds up, on political lines, long before debates begin