Top legal body says decision to significantly limit freedom of movement in Ramot is based on medical concerns, given the high number of cases compared to other places

Home Front Command chief says troops helping at-risk, quarantined residents of Bnei Brak and Jerusalem, working to contain other cities' outbreaks to keep them from 'turning red'

200 constructive efforts marked on interactive map in first week, as word of initiative spreads globally

PM in message to Christian Israelis: 'We are not going to synagogue, you are not going to church'; pope, in video sermon, asks followers to see good in global hardship

Majority of victims over the age of 70; youngest victim was 37 and oldest was 98; Bnei Brak has highest infection rate per capita

Residents of neighborhoods with high infection rates to be confined to one of seven zones dividing the capital starting at noon, but can leave for work or other essential needs

Those in neighborhoods hard hit by virus will be confined to them, TV report says, as some in cabinet said to criticize plan as heavy-handed; daily testing continues to decline

Before the virus struck, pilgrims would follow in Jesus' footsteps from the site of his Passover celebration at the Cenacle to his tomb in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Interior minister says health officials 'quick on the trigger' when it comes to imposing restrictions on Haredi communities; PM responds that his only guide is health concerns

Mass to be broadcast on television and online as churches shuttered due to coronavirus lockdown