From Joblessness rates soar as over 120,000 register for unemployment in week
The Employment Service says 120,752 more people have registered as unemployed in the past week, since the government began implementing a lockdown.
For the vast majority — 93,766 — this is the second time they were laid off or placed on unpaid leave since the start of the pandemic in March.
Overall, 854,367 Israelis are registered as unemployed.
