Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein have agreed that schools will resume in-class learning for grades 7 to 10 on Sunday.
The decision contradicts an earlier agreement Netanyahu made with Education Minister Yoav Galant who demanded the kids return to school as early as Tuesday.
Edelstein said the decision was taken after the R factor, indicating the spread of coronavirus in the community, rose to 1, after being at 0.79 just two weeks ago.