Police over the weekend closed four businesses in central Tel Aviv for disobeying COVID-19 restrictions.Business where non-compliance was detected were closed by executive order. The places in question were closed for periods of between three and seven days.

A 60-year-old woman was killed in a fire that broke out in a residential apartment in a private house In Abarbanel Street in Ashkelon.A MDA team that arrived at the scene was forced to determine her death.

Iranian religious scholar Mohammad-Bagher Heydari Kashani: '7,070 of our Iraq-Iran war martyrs were under 14.'

The government will convene today to approve a two-week closure starting Friday, Rosh Hashana Eve, at 6 p.m.Exit from Ine's place of residence will be limited to 500 meters, and shops and places of entertainment will be closed, except for "essential services".According to the proposed resolution, public prayers In Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur will allow up to 20 worshipers in an open area, and in a closed building it will be possible to pray in groups of ten depending In the size of the building and the number of entrances.

A poll by Menachem Lazar and "Panels Politics" published this morning In 103FM radio found that among the general public, 55% support a general closure and 36% oppose.Among Rightist voters, 59% support the lockdown, while 33% oppose it. Among center-Left voters: 52% support the closure, and 42% oppose it. The missing percentages replied "no opinion In the matter".

Construction and Housing Minister and United Torah Judaism Chairman Yaakov Litzman informed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that if a closure is imposed during the holidays, he will resign from his position in the government.

Former Defense Minister MK Moshe Ya'alon referred to the upcoming closure, "We were very dramatic a week ago in everything related to the fight against the coronavirus plague, and dealing with the deep economic crisis in which the country finds itself."Unfortunately, the epidemic and its treatment are closely linked to the deep managerial and leadership failure that Binyamin Netanyahu led."Israel is ranked in the first and dubious place in terms of morbidity. Over the weekend we crossed the threshold of 4,000 infected daily and the horrible threshold of 1,100 victims of the disease. Unemployment is rampant. Those sent In unpaid leave find today that there is nowhere to return to. Government assistance came too late, was too sparse, and lacked basic economic logic as it is expressed in most of the world - livelihood and work first."

Health Ministry Public Health Services head Dr. Sharon Elroi-Price supports full closure."The Inly solution right now is a closure - I'm not sure two weeks will be enough," she told Kan News.