Health Ministry will also reportedly support school closure in 'red cities' in Thursday meeting; more than 2,300 cases recorded in 24 hours

Municipality denies educational institutions operating but parents confirm they were told classes would be held; elsewhere, 2 schools shut on their first day due to virus cases

But settlement mayors accuse Netanyahu of 'trading' sovereignty for peace after senior Emirati official says US gave assurances move wouldn't go ahead

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, who sought to keep schools open when virus first hit, issues instructions against isolating students who came into contact with COVID-19 carriers

Ronni Gamzu dismisses remarks by Miki Zohar, says he has picked a 'complicated' approach to fighting COVID-19 that isn't always popular

516 in serious and moderate condition; coronavirus czar said readying to present High Holiday shutdown plan if infection rates don't fall

National COVID-19 death toll jumps to 772 with addition of 52 previously unreported fatalities at geriatric facilities

Government permits cultural performances at outdoor venues under certain conditions, but artists reject highly limiting terms as nonviable

Medical center's CEO Zeev Rotstein says its clinic in Moscow is conducting trials that will 'take time;' Putin has claimed vaccine 'passed all the necessary tests'

Yuli Edelstein says if Moscow's announcement of a functioning inoculation to protect against coronavirus is verified, countries will enter into negotiations