Some demonstrators claim public transportation halt over the Jewish holiday is intended to limit protests; man arrested for allegedly tear-gassing protester

Opposition accuses Netanyahu of allowing airport entry 'only for his voters' during airport's general closure; Gantz said set to demand cabinet review of authorization process

Health officials had recommended a full two-week lockdown; 24% of tests come back positive Saturday PA PM says major vaccine shipment due in early March

Few reports of police enforcement as throngs ignore pleas of health officials and take to the streets to celebrate the costume holiday

South Korea, Jerusalem, Moscow, Berlin, Brooklyn: Jewish communities around the globe don costumes for holiday despite COVID

FDA says it will quickly follow recommendation to make shot third approved for emergency use in US

In first surgery of its kind in Israel, organs of Yonatan Granot, 22, are donated to man in his sixties whose lungs were wrecked by virus

Dozens of gatherings take place both indoors and outdoors, with health officials concerned crowds will lead to new spike in infections that could delay reopening economy

Number of new daily cases increases by six percent over past week to 384,200 in reversal after unprecedented 51% plunge recorded from mid-January to mid-February

4.65 million of country's 9.29 million population receives one shot, with 3.27 million of them getting recommended second dose as well; over 85% aged 70-plus received both doses