As country edges closer to full closure, Health Ministry instructs: Avoid beaches, parks, minimize social contact, reduce funeral participants to bare minimum

Only Palestinians in certain essential industries okayed to enter country, and will need to stay in Israel for month or more, Defense Ministry says

Israeli leader is a career official in a country used to dealing with crises, often through national effort; US leader is businessman used to being listened to and getting his way

Knesset Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee chair Gabi Ashkenazi says government approved digital monitoring tools without proper oversight

Mathematical model prepared for Health Ministry says as many as 1,440,000 Israelis could be infected without containment measures

First stations will open in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, followed by other cities; 1,085 tests given on Monday across the country

Amer Fakhoury, who received US citizenship last year and has advanced cancer, allegedly tortured prisoners at Khiam Prison while serving in Christian-led South Lebanon Army

Passing of Michele Sciama, 79, mourned as 'great loss' for city at epicenter of largest COVID-19 outbreak outside of China