Knesset speaker reportedly facing pressure to resist Health Ministry's call for Vladimir Beliak to be blocked from taking part in plenum votes, as coalition struggles to pass laws

Number of serious cases rises to 53; officials to test all of them for new subvariant, fearing it may be more contagious and virulent than predecessors

All but two states report increased infections after 4th of July weekend, with biggest jump coming in states with lowest vaccination rates

Health Ministry proposal would once again limit access to some public venues; government prepares to set up rapid virus test sites across the country

Foreign minister and his team tests negative for coronavirus but isolates anyway after consulting with Health Ministry

Over 100 injured in blaze, which officials say was caused by electric short circuit or exploding oxygen cylinder; families blame government mismanagement as probe launched

Rachel and Yitzhak Na'eh, both in their mid-80s, succumb to virus, after suffering from pre-existing conditions as well; become week's 3rd and 4th vaccinated patients to die

Pro-Israel lobby says despite US reopening, uncertainty over gatherings, travel and rising infections remain as it cancels top event for second year in a row

NRx Pharmaceuticals will send inoculation, known as Brilife, to third-stage clinical trials, which will be conducted on tens of thousands of volunteers in Israel and abroad

Decision to give third shot to those with weakened immune systems comes after government weighs 'accumulating evidence' that immunocompromised aren’t well enough protected