Though many community members comply with government orders to curb virus spread, some put their traditional way of life above all other considerations

Travelers who left for what they thought was a short trip are now winging it and searching for answers on how they can get to Israel, angry at the government for abandoning them

Association writes to deputy health minister, arguing that movement between Israel and West Bank creates COVID risk; move can be funded by tax paid by employers, employees

Rioters opposed to virus restrictions burn trash bins, throw stones at officers, who disperse crowd with water cannons

Travelers who have been inoculated or recovered from COVID-19 will be required to test negative for the virus twice to avoid isolation after returning to Israel, government says

Experimental Israeli-made drug Allocetra, developed at Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital, being used to treat so-called cytokine storm, whereby immune system attacks body’s own organs

Health Ministry plan lays out targets for gradual reopening of economy, envisions coffee shops and restaurants open to all by early March

Preschools, grades 1-4, 11-12 resume in low-to-medium infection zones after over a month; minister says commerce to reopen only in 2 weeks, with businesses threatening revolt

Military releases annual intelligence assessment for coming year, sees Iran shifting focus to Yemen and Iraq as possible launchpads for attacks on the Jewish state

Jewish state sees 800 infections per million each day while mortality rate stands at just 0.7%; vaccination drive slows significantly