Moshe Bar Siman-Tov defends work of Health Minister Litzman, accused of catching COVID-19 after flouting isolation rules; IDF to take over old age homes amid fear of mass outbreak

NSC chief Ben-Shabbat cautions cabinet that this should not yet be seen as steady trend; Friday infections rise by 173 cases to 7,030, with 39 dead and 95 patients on ventilators

Finance Ministry to subsidize effort to ensure public has supplies for holiday meal; 10 cargo planes to bring in 30 million eggs

Top Navy official says Capt. Brett Crozier 'demonstrated extremely poor judgment' in middle of a crisis; video shows officer leaving ship to applause from crew who chant his name

Anastasia Vasilyeva of the Alliance of Doctors union later fined and released; she was trying to bring masks, sanitizers, hazmat suits to hospital in Novgorod region

The principal reason ultra-Orthodox politicians exist is to safeguard the well-being of their insular constituents. When that became a life-or-death mission, they let us all down

Government makes military responsible for providing 'civil assistance' to ultra-Orthodox city near Tel Aviv; troops to help evacuate sick and elderly, but will not use force

Gedalyahu Ben Shimon asserts lockdown will boost infection’s spread among residents; police continue crackdown on illegal prayer gathering in ultra-Orthodox communities

Monthly loss worst since depths of 2009 recession and just small indication of financial pain to come; nearly 10 million apply for unemployment benefits in final two weeks of March

Art teacher and his graphic designer wife work 15-hour days to churn out protective equipment; community raises funds, cuts elastic from children's clothing to help