Arkia airline announces flights to East African island nation and resort destination starting November 24

Ronni Gamzu says reopening of stores on Sunday a 'lesser of two evils,' given need to resume commercial activity, but warns that rate of spread reaching critical threshold

831 cases diagnosed on Monday; vote postponed after ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism said to tell PM they oppose any penalty increase for illegally open educational institutions

Next phase of easing coronavirus restrictions set for Sunday, but health officials are reportedly balking, setting up a fresh conflict with Treasury

Education institutions to now pay NIS 10,000 for opening against pandemic regulations, as will those who illegally hold a public event or open their business

Health Ministry figures show 774 new cases with a 2.3% positivity rate on Monday as testing levels also increase; dozens of inmates at Gilboa Prison confirmed to have coronavirus

Gamzu says 30,000 daily tests needed for good overview; worries about increased morbidity in Arab communities, rise in number of young children diagnosed since daycares opened

Positivity rate reaches 3.1% with 649 new cases of the coronavirus diagnosed on Sunday; government to re-examine mask requirement for first and second graders

Serious cases fall below 400 for first time in weeks, while basic reproduction number climbs, in possible reversal of downward trend

Katz says Health Ministry's opposition to reopening stores is 'leading to anarchy'; Edelstein insists 'haphazard' opening will lead to another lockdown