17 tons of equipment cross border with staff from the Foreign Ministry and Sheba Medical Center, in preparation for Tuesday opening

Thursday saw nearly 7,000 new daily cases; meanwhile serious cases are in decline, with only 291 on Friday

Jerusalem reportedly notifies Moscow of move, even giving exact coordinates in effort to ensure medical base is not hit; UN says Russia has carried out 43 attacks on hospitals

El Al jet will take contents to Poland; from there it will head to western Ukrainian town of Mostyska to establish medical facility for those fleeing conflict

Health Ministry figures show R number hits 0.92, as it continues steady climb towards 1; daily caseload up to 6,738, death toll reaches 10,405

Meeting called for Wednesday comes as China reports record cases since start of pandemic and amid recent uptick in transmission rate in Israel

Two weeks after most restrictions lifted, coronavirus czar Salman Zarka said to be worried that trend of declining cases will reverse ahead of Purim, Passover

On holiday when norms turned on head, there's a phenomenon of Haredi kids smoking, despite dismay of some rabbis; Health Ministry says those children risk getting hooked for life

Top health official recommends Jerusalem-area kids get first dose at 6 weeks, says there are at least dozens more asymptomatic cases but doesn't predict wave of infections

Unvaccinated 4-year-old in Jerusalem tests positive for mutated version of disease; parents urged to get their children's inoculations up-to-date