Diagnoses over past 24 hours stand at 499, continuing rising rates; 160 workers at Dimona reactor said quarantined after 2 employees come down sick

Number of active coronavirus cases shoots past 6,000, with death toll rising to 309; ministers OK extension of lockdown in Arara, restrictions to be introduced in other communities

Teen disappeared while swimming with friends on Wednesday and was feared drowned, family has been notified

At least a dozen schools and preschools from Sderot to Petah Tikva shuttered as students and teachers diagnosed

Carved in stone, set in bronze and formed by the elements, monuments around the country by some of its most renowned artists depict towering figures of the Old Testament

Man, who had no previous health issues, had recently traveled to US; is the youngest person in the country in serious condition from coronavirus

Another facility reportedly to be opened in East Jerusalem, as Israel ramps up testing in Arab community

Woman tells media she can't bear to see her son connected to ventilator, says his case is a warning to young people who think they are not in danger from coronavirus

Man in his 20s dies in incident under police investigation; separately, 57-year-old badly burned in accidental blast in Ashdod apartment

Police comb city looking for assailant, who escaped the scene in southern port city; in separate incident, man shot and moderately injured in north