Restrictions on classroom learning also relaxed for students in 11-12 grades if enough have been vaccinated or recovered from COVID

Joint Health Ministry-IDF delegation to include intensive care physicians, pediatricians, other specialists, after accidental explosion at military camp kills at least 105

Citing privacy concerns, judges order state bodies to explain why law allowing Health Ministry to hand over details on those who are not inoculated is in effect

But Sharon Alroy-Preis warns that overreliance on speedy examinations for those without 'Green Pass' could overwhelm system and slow response times

Health teams hope to immunize 1,000 a day at each of 8 vaccination stations, with several more set to open soon; campaign comes as West Bank cases spike

Health minister says vaccines enable life to go on under virus's shadow; says wider opening of airport done ‘with a heavy heart'; Netanyahu has said Israel is beyond crisis

Quick tests could soon be used by those without a COVID-19 Green Pass; Health Ministry official: 'Whoever doesn’t want to get vaccinated will have to pay for the tests themselves'

But health leaders indicate some limitations likely on Passover; Edelstein: Broader opening of airport done ‘with a heavy heart. It endangers us greatly'

Asked about Netanyahu's assertion Thursday that the pandemic is largely over in Israel, Ash says: 'I don't know what the prime minister meant'

Health Ministry employee said to be suspected of helping a vaccine certificate forger; health officials reportedly worried PM's pandemic decisions being made with eye on elections