Dozens of checkpoints were posted at all entrances and exits of the city, police were given the authority to use reasonable force in the absence of compliance with the closure provisions. • The IDF will turn some 4,500 elderly people who are residents of the city into hotels • The following cities "on the intention": Elad, Beit Shemesh and Modi'in Illit

Starting in the morning, dozens of roadblocks were posted at all of Bnei Brak's entrances and exits, and security forces are asking anyone who wants to come or leave the city limits. Many police forces, in excess of 1,000 police officers, enforce the closure, including skimmers and sightings for controlling and detecting exceptions. Residents of the city will not be allowed to leave the city except in special cases. Policing and medical food vendors can come in as needed.

Photo: Moti Green

In accordance with the regulations - applications for exclusion will be submitted to the local authority (municipalities) via hotline 106 to the representative of the Rahal who has the authority to decide. All roads leading to lightning are now closed. Coca-Cola area from Geha Road, Jabotinsky Corner of the guard, Jabotinsky Sokolov corner, Jabotansky corner of Rabbi Shech, Jabotansky corner of Rabbi Akiva, as well as all the alleys that are located on the Ruah Street, Yehuda Hanasi, Tiberias, Birinbaum and Landers. The entire Bnei Brak industrial zone was also completely blocked, with Ayalon Mall (Ben Gurion Street) being blocked off towards the city center.

The city of Bnei Brak was declared a "restricted area" last Thursday - this was decided at a special government meeting held via video call. The actual decision means the closure imposed this morning on the city. In addition, the government has decided to set up a prime ministerial committee to declare additional places in the country as a "restricted area" if a high concentration of Corona patients is discovered. It is estimated that the following localities that "intend" are the ultra-Orthodox cities of Elad, Modi'in Illit and Beit Shemesh, and also the ultra-Orthodox settlement of Beit Illit.

The government also decided that a district physician or chief medical officer of a health fund may order a person to move to a state-of-the-art isolation, in the event that the conditions of isolation in the residence cannot be met. The state will provide those in isolation rather than isolation on behalf of the state food and cleaning products. In addition, anyone returning from abroad or a person in solitary confinement who violated a doctor's order to stay in solitary confinement on the part of the state - committing an offense in the garden may be fined NIS 5,000 for an administrative fine. The decision was made after numerous reports by the police that civilians refuse to comply with the isolation guidelines and there is no legal way to enforce the directive.

The orders say that once the area is declared infected, a permanent resident should not leave except in the following cases: medical treatment that cannot be obtained in the same area, a legal process that he must report to, a soldier police officer or a medical staff member who is on duty, a funeral of a relative First degree, transferring a minor from parent to parent in custody or other essential need with individual approval, according to a procedure to be made public.

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The rest of the citizens will not be allowed to enter the restricted area, except in the following cases: the rescue body, the Israeli police, the IDF and the GA, a permanent resident of the area, the entry of medical workers, social workers, welfare workers and journalists. Except for these, entry into the city will be permitted only for the supply of products, for the purpose of transferring a minor in custody or for any other essential purpose in the illustration of the National Emergency Authority (Rahal).

In addition, the police will be given special authority to use reasonable force in the event of a refusal to comply with the closure provisions. The only way to appeal the closure provisions would be through an administrative petition.

Estimated: 75,000 patients in the city

Meanwhile, at the Corona Commission hearing, Maccabi hospital fund CEO Professor Ran Sa'ar estimated that 38 percent of Bnei Brak residents had contracted the virus - about 75,000 people.

"Maccabi handles half of the residents of Bnei Brak, and according to various indications, about 38% of the city's population is sick, which is 75,000 people. I read a map of all the authorities responsible for placing police there for Passover. Otherwise, the situation there will worsen. Bnei Brak is a city with a high percentage Of an older population. If we do not prepare properly, we will find ourselves with a lot of dead in the city, "Prof. Sa'ar said at the hearing.