Israel set to impose nightly curfew during Chanukah as cases climb

The lockdown will include increased enforcement and a fine hike but will not “infringe on the right to demonstrate”, the PM’s office said. 

Travellers returning to Israel seeking to quarantine at home rather than a designated hotel will have to be tested for covid-19, and some activity will be allowed at cultural venues.

In a meeting with his coronavirus cabinet on Sunday, Mr Netanyahu said vaccines were “on the way” and that he was working “around the clock”.

“There is light at the end of the pandemic here. We need to work together, bring the vaccines and impose the restrictions so that we lower morbidity, and we will come out of this,” he said.