Jobless numbers to top 1 million, state body predicts

The number of Israelis out of work will reach 1.1 million in the coming months, the National Insurance Institute estimates, according to Hebrew-language reports.

Some 750,000 people have already signed up for unemployment benefits this month.

The empty roads of Tel Aviv on March 27, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

According to the NII figures, an extra NIS 6.5 billion ($1.8 billion) will be needed to dole out unemployment benefits in May-June.

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