Reuters. Israel will gradually ease safety restrictions in some parts of the country and reopen its economy, Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday (June 18), even as the campaign against Iran continued.
The Israeli military said public safety guidelines that have mandated school closures, among other restrictions, would ease in some areas from 6:00 p.m. (1500GMT) on Wednesday.
Parts of the Israeli occupied-Golan Heights and West Bank, in addition to Israeli communities near Gaza and in Eilat in Israel’s south would be changed from "essential activity" to "partial activity".
Other areas in Israel would change "essential activity” to "limited activity".
The changes would be in effect until 8:00 p.m. (0500GMT) on June 20, the military said.
Katz also said Israel will intensify the strikes on Iran. "The Prime Minister and I have instructed the IDF to increase the intensity of attacks against strategic targets in Iran and against government targets in Tehran in order to remove threats to the State of Israel and undermine the ayatollahs' regime", Katz said in a post on X.
