Officials will back return to classrooms on September 1, reports say, and expect serious cases to drop to some 500 by mid-September

'We do not talk, we assassinate and murder people,' the man allegedly wrote on a public WhatsApp group, citing her aide's recent murder

Hebrew University researchers say serious cases on the decline, but expect daily cases to slightly rise again as school year opens

Knesset panel is told that an assessment will be made in the coming days based on infection rates; latest figures show slight drop, but numbers still high

Employees protest plan to cut hundreds of jobs from Israel Airports Authority workforce; IAA seeks court order to force workers back to their posts

Drugmaker says it has started application for green light from US drug authority, a month after Israel started offering 3rd shot to wider population

Citing 'cause for optimism,' finance minister says government must wait to see full impact of recently imposed regulations before deciding to tighten them

The assessment could not verify whether the virus came from a Wuhan lab, or jumped from animals to humans as initially suspected

Health Ministry data indicates third dose of vaccine could be 10 times more effective than first two shots alone, report says

Rabbi Kanievsky declares vaccines ‘from heaven’ and obligatory for teachers, as some Hasidic rebbes also embrace COVID booster shots for their followers