Many seen wearing masks in northern Arab town, but fail to distance; 22-year-old nursing student was shot dead as cops exchanged fire with suspected underworld criminals

Virus czar condemns mass violations of lockdown rules at burial of rabbis Yitzchok Scheiner and Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik, urges police to bring violators to justice

TV news estimates 8,000 attend Jerusalem burial of Rabbi Yitzhok Scheiner, hours after 10,000 joined procession for Rabbi Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik; both died of COVID

Gantz, Lapid, Sa'ar and Liberman accuse government of selectively enforcing lockdown as10,000 join ultra-Orthodox burial procession

Ultra-Orthodox lawmakers boycott committee vote on legislation to increase enforcement; Gantz demands parliament approve it before cabinet vote on extension of lockdown

Premier hopes to fully vaccinate the population, open the economy so 'the problem will be forgotten' as days tick on toward the March 23 election

Haredi parties reportedly threaten 'broad consequences' if Knesset passes legislation doubling penalties for breaking closure orders

Netanyahu says experts concerned about likely spike in serious cases, deaths; claims cases have not been traced to rallies against him because demonstrators shut off phones

Health Ministry says new regulations to go into effect in 40 hotspots Tuesday night, amid disagreements with mayors of cities across the country

Moving to mend fences with ultra-Orthodox community, Ronni Gamzu says Chaim Kanievsky did not, as reported, tell students to avoid testing