Published: 3 July 2020
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Closures in Lod, Ashdod as cases near 1,000 a day; new restrictions considered (Times of Israel)
Ministers to discuss limiting gatherings at restaurants, event halls to 50 people; Netanyahu:
‘Numbers are rising and there is nothing to stop them if we don’t act immediately’
PA to reinstate West Bank lockdown on Friday as virus cases surge (Times of Israel)
With 280 infections announced by 11am on Wednesday after several days of increasing infections, Palestinians decides on five-day closure
Knesset passes temporary law allowing digital tracking of coronavirus patients by security service (Haaretz)
Coalition pushing forward legislation to allow the Shin Bet to track COVID-19 patients, despite promised delay in favour of softer permanent legislation
Bnei Brak shuts street down around yeshiva after 47 people test positive for coronavirus (Haaretz)
Tel Aviv suburb still reels from one of country's worst outbreaks, as ultra-Orthodox community asks whether school authorities allowed students to get tested
Photo: Israelis shopping at the Carmel Market in Tel Aviv, June 29 (Tomer Appelbaum)
