At late-night cabinet meeting, Netanyahu and Gantz spar over rules before reaching compromise on prolonging the nationwide closure, already in its 4th week

TV news estimates 8,000 attend Jerusalem burial of Rabbi Yitzhok Scheiner, hours after 10,000 joined procession for Rabbi Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik; both died of COVID

57-year-old man had recently returned from visit to Turkey, was largely asymptomatic

Officials say halting gathering would have caused bloodshed; businesses decry selective enforcement of rules; another funeral for ultra-Orthodox rabbi scheduled for Sunday night

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Gantz, Lapid, Sa'ar and Liberman accuse government of selectively enforcing lockdown as10,000 join ultra-Orthodox burial procession

Legislation increasing maximum penalty to NIS 10,000 approved in 2nd and 3rd readings; ministers now expected to extend nationwide closure

Senior figures in Ramallah have claimed Israel is obligated to provide them with shots; the Palestinian Authority has yet to receive any major shipments of vaccines

Vaccination rate highest among 70- to 79-year-olds, with 92% having received 1st dose, even as Israel struggles to contain third wave of the virus

Delayed by China and weighed down by political baggage, investigative mission has a remit to explore how virus jumped from animals to humans