Officials are concerned parties will be held in violation of limitations on public gatherings, driving up COVID-19 cases

Instead, ministers said to agree that when daily caseload hits 2,500 or basic reproduction rate climbs to 1.32, businesses will be shuttered and schools in virus hotspots closed

Ministers to also consider closure of shops after 5:30 p.m. for duration of holiday in bid to cut down infections by keeping people from gathering

Effectiveness of 3-week measure, set to begin Wednesday, has been questioned by senior health officials including the coronavirus czar

Adviser to government says it 'makes sense' to try the move but it'll likely be ineffective; virus czar says plan means Israel 'will enter a full lockdown in early January'

Yoav Kisch says there's 'logic' to implementing measure for upcoming holiday when people gather at nightfall to light candles; ban on flights from Turkey reportedly being mulled

Health officials reportedly skeptical plan to confine people to their homes at night will be successful, amid growing concerns about virus transmission rate

With 'no leadership and unclear restrictions,' law enforcement is being 'sucked into a black hole,' former Tel Aviv police chief tells Times of Israel

Footage from ultra-Orthodox city shows local men attacking police vehicle, calling cops 'Nazis'; officer seen taking garbage bag hurled at him and shoving it back at protesters

Officials reportedly 'shocked' as hospital directors describe overworked teams treating more and more patients, as cases soar