Gamzu says strictest rules will only be imposed on 8 towns; Bnei Brak municipality says it won't work; mayors of Kafr Qassem, Umm al-Fahm welcome possible lockdown

Haredi papers fume after Ronni Gamzu condemns reported instruction by Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky against coronavirus testing, quarantines

Ronni Gamzu calls for further restrictions in cities with high infection rates; Bnei Brak, Nazareth and Elad expected to be designated ‘red’ cities

'This was a classic anti-Semitic incident,' victim says; Likud MK, Hasidic leader link attack to letter sent by Israel's virus czar asking that Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage be canceled

In charge of one the most ambitious efforts by a country to contain COVID-19 outbreak, Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin aims to bring pandemic back under control by November 1

On eve of new academic year, ministers accept coronavirus czar's recommendation to keep educational institutions shut in areas with high infection rates

Gamzu warns opening schools in high-infection areas 'just not reasonable' as Netanyahu seems to back him

Restrictions based on local morbidity rates take effect September 6 and can be confusing. Here's how it will work

'Traffic light' proposal bases extent of restrictions on infection rate in respective locale, but education officials say schools will open everywhere, including in hot zones

Israel’s will soon reach over 1 million COVID-19 cases, including untested infections, and start dropping, predicts Prof. Mark Last, but over 1,000 may still die in coming months