Israel has started cautiously emerging from a second coronavirus lockdown after a month of tight restrictions, reopening preschools, kindergartens, beaches and national parks, with numbers of new infections falling.
Public radio said about a million young children would return to kindergartens and other facilities today. Businesses not involving face-to-face contact with the public were allowed back to work, and a contentious ban on individuals moving more than 1km from their homes was lifted.
That rule sparked anger among some Israelis who claimed it was designed to stem a wave of protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.