All digital certificates will be scanned from Sunday at entrances to facilities that require to comply with the mandate; meanwhile, Health Ministry reported less than 1,000 new, daily COVID cases for first time in 3 months

Move comes after thousands of interns quit over 26-hour shifts; reform set to assist country's hospitals with severe manpower shortage, with Jewish Agency data showing some 3,000 health professionals awaiting to make Aliyah

American art photographer Spencer Tunick, who staged dozens of large-scale nude shoots around the world, visits Israel for third time to raise awareness about an evanescent Dead Sea

About 83% of deceased over past 30 days did not have an up-to-date vaccine; 380 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in serious condition; contagion rate remains stable at 1.7%