Subcommittee gives approval until April 30 for domestic spy agency to use mass surveillance program to locate potential coronavirus carriers

Security service defends its contentious tracking program, citing Health Ministry official who credited it with locating potential carriers who otherwise wouldn't have been found

But justices warn permission for use of cell data to help stem virus spread and enforce quarantine orders will be rescinded if regulatory legislation not advanced soon

Request seeks lifting of injunction barring police from using cell data to track and enforce whether Israelis required to do so are staying in mandatory isolation

In temporary injunction, justices give deadlocked parliament until midday Tuesday to establish Subcommittee on Clandestine Services -- or stop tracking Israelis' movements

Subcommittee on clandestine services discusses government request for surveillance of all cell phone users to trace movements of those infected, but disbands before voting

Former public security minister says he's 'pleased to have the opportunity to add another brick in the wall of the security of Israel'

Amir Peretz says repeated attacks by Jewish extremists must be 'nipped in the bud,' calling the response by Netanyahu and the government 'weak'

Lawmakers face 'many challenges in the security realm,' says new chairman; House Committee, which could play deciding role on Netanyahu immunity, handed to Likud

Formal deals 'realistic' even if disagreements over Palestinians persist, Israel Katz says at maiden appearance before powerful Knesset panel