Education Ministry says 40% of classes have at least one confirmed COVID-19 case; Health Ministry chief says exploring possibility of shortening isolation for medical staff

Head of teachers union appeals to prime minister that studies be moved online; children's hospital reopens youth COVID wing

Health and education ministries agree to scrap 'traffic light' plan that quarantined classes based on vaccination rates, starting Sunday; decision pending committee approval

Health Ministry announces 3,200 staffers will test kids and teachers, but in letter to school district superintendents, education minister says move wasn't coordinated

Dalit Stauber previously held the role in 2011-2013; her return comes after reports that minister Shasha-Biton fired previous director over COVID policy disagreements

Justice minister says party member Yifat Shasha-Biton was correct in firing her ministry's director-general

Day after ministry director fired, former employee claims Yifat Shasha-Biton wouldn't let figures on classroom outbreaks be shared with Bennett; minister's office: 'A heap of lies'

Official spearheading inoculation program in schools resigns just days after Education Ministry director is fired, allegedly over disagreement with Shasha-Biton

Yifat Shasha-Biton decries as 'smear' reports that ministry director Yigal Slovik was axed because he backed student inoculation campaign she opposed

Yigal Slovik, who was appointed in June, reportedly claims 'gaps' between him and Yifat Shasha-Biton; sources close to minister say he refused to accept her policies