7,000 policemen and soldiers set to enforce intensely controversial closure that began at 2 p.m. on eve of Rosh Hashanah, is set to last at least three weeks

Protestors will be divided into groups of 20 with 'reasonable distance' between clusters; numbers not being capped; police say they will expand area allocated for demonstrations

Cops have received numerous appeals to okay rallies on Sunday evening, the end of Rosh Hashanah, TV report says, and are concerned it is being used to dodge travel restrictions

Some 7,000 policemen and soldiers set to enforce intensely controversial closure that began at 2 p.m. on eve of Rosh Hashanah, and which is set to last at least three weeks

Deeply unpopular closure set to take effect at 2 p.m., amid expectations of significant financial damages and concerns of civil disobedience; 7,000 cops and soldiers to deploy

Government approves extending personal space for public during upcoming lockdown from 500 meters following request from Knesset legal committee

'Lockdown turning into a joke,' Netanyahu complains in reported tense discussion with Ronni Gamzu; PM later denies the consultations have been friction-filled

PM defends 3-week closure set to begin Friday afternoon, says government ‘made every effort to balance health considerations and economic needs’

With limits of public gatherings and freedom of movement, the country's first closure put a damper on Passover. Now, the High Holidays look to be similarly subdued

Record high testing still returns over 10% rate; expert advising government says spread in Israel now 'out of control'; some 50 said infected as result of a wedding