Once upon a time there was an unhinged, megalomaniacal, authoritarian leader who turned an epidemic into a humanitarian crisis

Stay home, one official pleads; we only have narrow window left to rein in virus, warns another; stay away from grandparents, Bennett tells 'ticking bomb' youngsters

As country edges closer to full closure, Health Ministry instructs: Avoid beaches, parks, minimize social contact, reduce funeral participants to bare minimum

Only Palestinians in certain essential industries okayed to enter country, and will need to stay in Israel for month or more, Defense Ministry says

Israeli leader is a career official in a country used to dealing with crises, often through national effort; US leader is businessman used to being listened to and getting his way

Knesset Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee chair Gabi Ashkenazi says government approved digital monitoring tools without proper oversight

Mathematical model prepared for Health Ministry says as many as 1,440,000 Israelis could be infected without containment measures

Population growth, loss of natural habitats likely to bring wild animals into more contact with humans, easing way for infectious diseases to jump between species