06-04-2020 20:55 via news.yahoo.com

Israelis put on coronavirus lockdown for Passover holiday celebration

Israelis celebrating the Jewish Passover holiday this week will hold the "seder", the traditional meal celebrating freedom from biblical slavery, confined to their homes under a national coronavirus lockdown.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the edict in a televised address in which he also held out hope of implementing an "exit strategy" soon that would gradually loosen restrictions imposed to try to stem the spread of the virus.Netanyahu said a ban on inter-city travel would go into
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