Unable to serve customers, Alon Shaya has transformed his two popular restaurants -- Saba and Safta -- into hubs giving free meals to health and furloughed food industry workers

Public more critical of PM's economic handling of crisis, with 53% approving, and 57% worried about their financial future

Infections rising in country's southwest despite declines elsewhere as total hits 106,220 and death toll reaches 6,589

Leading epidemiologist, director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, FDA commissioner exposed to virus amid growing concern over spread in administration staff

Justice Minister, set to end his tenure this week, calls for state comptroller to look into claims Shai Nitzan illegally accessed ministry's computer system after leaving post

Deputy Health Ministry director says Israelis should feel pleased with results of state's virus response, warns of summer relapse, which could mean keeping restraints until winter

After almost 2 months, daycares and kindergartens reopen with social distancing, but class size limits and lingering compensation issues mean thousands are remaining behind

Total number of cases rises to 16,458; death toll rises to 248 day after first 24-hour period with no fatalities since late March