Details of deal, which will include a wage hike, to be finalized in coming days; staff to go back to work as soon as possible, union says

Instead of full closure, PM proposes curfew in 40 'red' cities between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m.; move aims to appease ultra-Orthodox, who vowed to defy lockdown and to stop supporting him

Municipal leaders back nightly curfews, but express concern over potential return to total lockdown; acknowledge mass weddings are driving spike

In unprecedented letter, 4 ultra-Orthodox mayors accuse PM of turning their community into national 'punching bag,' say they won't cooperate with new restrictions

Gamzu says IDF-managed program to cut infection chains will be running by November 1; asks residents of areas facing lockdown to view it as 'help, not punishment'

After virus czar high infection rates, National Security Council meets to consider imposing restrictions at sensitive holy sites; closure would likely be opposed by Palestinians

Bnei Brak, Elad, Tira, Umm al-Fahm, Kafr Qassem said among localities slated for sweeping measures; police increase presence in red zones; 9.8% of tests on Saturday were positive

Shas's Aryeh Deri blasts plan to declare local closures in 'red' areas, many of which are heavily ultra-Orthodox

Attendance dips at weekly demonstration; cartoonist dressed as naked woman arrested for 'sexual harassment of the public'

Fatality tally reaches 1,007 over Shabbat, which also sees thousands of new cases, day before ministers set to mull where to impose city-wide restrictions