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Saturday, April 11, 2020
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Saturday, April 11, 2020
Israeli citizens abroad to be allowed to return despite earlier closure of skies
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsraeli citizens abroad will be allowed to return to the country after Transportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich convened an urgent Cabinet consultation in response to instructions issued by Prime Minister Netanyahu to stop all flights to Israel until legal steps can be taken to permit the Home Front Command to transfer all arriving passengers to state-run quarantine hotels for 14 days.
All those arriving will now be sent to quarantine hotels, Channel 12 reports, with the government to approve the measure under emergency regulations tomorrow morning.
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