The Kan public broadcaster publishes a list of cities and neighborhoods that Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Health Ministry are seeking to have declared “restricted zones,” effectively locking down these areas, due to the high number of coronavirus cases there.
The list includes the cities of Elad, Modiin Illit, Migdal Haemek, Beitar Illit, Ashkelon, Tiberias and Or Yehuda, as well as the central and southern parts of the city of Beit Shemesh.
In Jerusalem, the neighborhoods of Har Nof, Bayit Vegan, Givat Mordechai, Ramot, Ramat Shlomo, Sanhedria, Shmuel Hanavi, Beit Israel, the Bukharim Quarter, Mea Shearim, Geula, Zichron Moshe, Makor Baruch, Givat Shaul, and Kiryat Moshe will all be declared restricted zones, according to Kan.
The broadcaster also reports that during tonight’s cabinet meeting, ministers will also be asked to consider declaring “restricted zones” in West Bank settlements.
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