Its Jewish-Arab, Orthodox-secular rifts are all still there, but the country has thus far proved capable of transcending them, holding together to reduce the pandemic's ravages

Volunteer work on farms, in communities and with the young and elderly has offered an alternative for hundreds of 18-year-olds in pre-military academies, or 'mechinot'

Two women lightly hurt, require treatment for smoke inhalation from deadly fire in town of Matan during Independence Day

Child taken to Beersheba hospital for treatment after encounter with highly venomous deathstalker

Officials in Israel and abroad see sharp decline in child vaccination rates as parents try to avoid clinics and hospitals; Israel also sees spike in home births for same reason

Military prepares to release troops for furlough; soldiers helping in Arab towns hit by disease, cooperation largely good despite strained ties, army spokesman says

Jerusalem woman who recovered from disease donates blood with virus-fighting antibody for infusion; Health Ministry forecasts surge in deaths in next 10 days

The patients, the eldest of whom is 97, return to the city's Freemasons Nursing Home; three other residents remain hospitalized, with mild symptoms

11th fatality at Beersheba's Mishan, 4th death at Yokra facility in Yavne'el; Magen David Adom to carry out 3,000 tests per day in centers with diagnosed resident or staff member

Magen David Adom volunteer lightly hurt in incident in Mea Shearim, municipal vehicle damaged