Israel set to loosen rules on entry from UK

Israel has also been hit by the highly contagious Delta variant, with 2,916 new cases reported on Saturday.

Ministers are considering plans to increase bed capacity across Israeli hospitals should cases continue to spike, according to the Times of Israel.

The outlet also reports that ministers recently clashed over the possibility of a fourth lockdown during the High Holy Days. 

Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, meanwhile, renewed pleas to members of the public to get vaccinated in remarks on Sunday.

“If we get vaccinated in Elul, or in [the following month of] Tishrei, we can hear the shofar together,” he said.