Israel has now signed deals for enough vaccines to inoculate entire population -- but the time of their arrival remains an open question

Opening will reportedly depend on morbidity in community continuing to decline; health minister denies reports religious high schools allowed to reopen Sunday

New record in daily confirmed patients comes two days before nationwide lockdown set to begin

After health official urges authorities to close classes immediately, ministers decide to give it another day even as virus cases continue to surge

1,745 new coronavirus cases diagnosed in past 24 hours, with 217 in serious condition

Shalva Zalfreund said some parents weren't keeping isolation regulations: 'I plead for the older relatives around us who don't deserve to die even if they have underlying diseases'

Daily average continues to inch toward 2,000; 208 patients in serious condition as government implements new restrictions to try and stop the spread

After restaurants temporarily exempted from sweeping closures, gyms and shops close for weekend while gatherings limited until further notice; education system to run normally

Postdocs, medical students and others for whom distance learning is not possible arrive at special quarantine dorms at universities as Israel continues to relax restrictions

At least a dozen schools and preschools from Sderot to Petah Tikva shuttered as students and teachers diagnosed