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Closure: Empty Roads and Songs on the Balconies - This Is the Holiday in Corona | Israel today

2020-04-08T19:03:42.365Z


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On regular days, Passover was the national "traffic jam", but the corona eruption, and closure guidelines led to empty roads and family meals through "zoom" • Police deployed forces on central roads and out of the cities to enforce curfew • Earlier, supermarkets were filled with shoppers • View

Quiet order: If in more ordinary years, Passover eve was characterized by multiple traffic jams and family meals, this year due to the Corona Israeli roads remained empty except for police who deployed roadblocks to prevent road traffic, and many families around the country gather tonight (Wednesday) in front of the computer screens and maintain a standard family order, A man in his house.

Passover songs from the balcony

Earlier, many queues are registered at supermarkets' entrances today, and the egg shortage is felt in the marketing networks despite the large quantities imported to Israel in the last two days.

The Shufersal network told Israel Today that there were a large number of visitors yesterday and overnight at the 24-hour branches. Shufersal added that almost all the chain's stores had eggs.

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Ethan Yohananoff, CEO and owner of the Yohananoff Network, said: "Following the closure announced, we witnessed a moderate arrival at the branches during the night and morning. Most of the public has already arrived and families are preparing for the holiday evening and closing hours. In our branches, only point blanks, mainly eggs, were recorded, following the increase in demand. We are here for the Israeli public and the food security of all of us in this challenging time. Happy Passover and Health to all the people of Israel. "

In Jerusalem, Mayor Moshe Leon conducted a large chametz fire for all residents of the city. Due to the situation and the ban on burning chametz fires, about 100 containers were placed in the neighborhoods and residents were asked to put the chametz in them by morning.

"Despite the challenging situation and the rules that we adhere to, we have been honored not to give up any custom. I thank the residents for their cooperation and of course to the rabbis, who have gone to great lengths to burn Jerusalem's chametz. A happy and healthy holiday for everyone," said Mayor Leon.

At this time, the Israeli police are preparing for the closure of the closure at 15:00. Police mobility is deployed on the central roads and exits from the cities to prevent violations of the general closure provisions imposed throughout the state. Policing forces will patrol cities, including entertainment venues that teens usually spend time with. Police made it clear that enforcement would be uncompromising.

At present, the police are concentrating on preventing the passage between cities as required by the Ministry of Health and the Government. On Highway 461, near Winter Stadium to the east, a police checkpoint was set up to prevent Tel Aviv residents from entering the city.

Unlike previous years, traffic in Ayalon lanes is now flowing and sparse. In recent years, heavy traffic was recorded on Israeli roads at this time because many citizens used to travel and celebrate the arrangement with their families across the country.

Participating in the preparation of the news: Haley Jacoby-Handelsman, Yuri Yalon, Itzik Saban, Avi Cohen

Source: israelhayom

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