Israel Enforces New Covid-19 Lockdown Amid Rosh Hashana Celebrations

TEL AVIV—Most Israelis stayed indoors to rejoice Rosh Hashana in modest groups, instead than the usually huge gatherings that mark the Jewish New Yr holiday break, as the police fined hundreds of people today for violating a 2nd nationwide lockdown aimed at containing a contemporary coronavirus outbreak.

A seven,000-potent police force fanned out throughout the state and issued 2,800 penalties over the weekend, most for people today leaving their houses for nonpermitted factors, in accordance to a police assertion Sunday. Authorities also handed out thirty…