Schools, businesses that deal with public to close, restaurants are delivery only, people limited within 500 m from their homes; multistage plan includes special prayer guidelines

Starting from Rosh Hashana eve, Israelis to be barred from traveling 500 meters from home; Netanyahu denies closure due to failure to curb virus

Bennett warns 3-week closure over Jewish holidays will deal economic 'hammer blow' to many Israelis; deputy head of restaurant group says may keep some eateries open in protest

Edelstein says he won’t present alternative if proposal is rejected, cautions it’s a ‘matter of life and death’; hospital chiefs push back against lockdown, say not facing collapse

Military task force sounds alarm ahead of cabinet decision on lockdown; Health Ministry announces 2,715 new cases, 5 new deaths; serious cases keep rising

Ultra-Orthodox former health minister accuses government of failing to act earlier and deliberately picking Rosh Hashanah as the start date of closure

Audience remains seated and masked while divided into groups of 20 in order to maintain Health Ministry regulations

Health Ministry has vowed to oppose any change to planned stringent restrictions over High Holidays, as some ministers oppose it and Litzman says he'll step down if it passes

3,962 new cases recorded Friday, nearly 500 serious cases; nearly 1 million have quarantined since July 1; officials said to fear test criteria producing many false positives

As government finalizes proposal for new two-week-plus national closure, Finance Ministry said to assess damage of $5.2 billion to economy at the very least