Cabinet expected to approve restrictions on visiting others' homes from 5:30 p.m. until midnight during holiday, after scrapping nightly curfew due to legal difficulties

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

Israelis focused on the pandemic, politics and pop culture in a year like no other, searching online for information, solutions and distractions

Some 100,000 doses said set to arrive at Ben Gurion Airport, alongside company representatives, as pilot for transit and storage of larger amounts

Likud MKs petition High Court over appointment of 61 judges by panel during meeting they boycotted; PM says he doesn't want elections, but says Likud will win if vote held

Health Ministry reports 1,230 new cases with 3.3% positivity rate; ministry head says better to impose restrictions now, when they can be lighter, rather than heavier ones later

Coronavirus cabinet to reconvene, with Netanyahu saying he won't hesitate to roll back reopening; health officials say daily cases could reach 7,400 within three weeks

Officials ask HMOs to put together plan to administer jabs as soon as enough vaccines are available in the country

Rishon Lezion municipal inspectors fine local branch of Swedish furniture chain, reportedly threaten to return every 90 minutes to dish out further penalties until it closes

Health Ministry reports further increase in basic reproduction rate, signaling an acceleration in the spread of the pandemic; IKEA fined for reopening in defiance of regulations