Home Front Command Lifts Restrictions Across Israel, With One Key Exception Near the Northern Border

The IDF announced this evening (Monday) an update to the Home Front Command’s defensive policy. Until tomorrow, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at 6:00 a.m., the current defensive policy will remain unchanged. Tomorrow, from 6:00 a.m. until Wednesday, June 10, 2026, at 8:00 p.m., the defensive policy will be updated, subject to a situational assessment, as follows:

In the confrontation-line guidance area and in the communities of Sifsufa, Meron, Or HaGanuz, Bar Yochai, Yesod HaMa’ala, Kisra-Sumei, Beit Jan, and Sde Eliezer, the status will shift to partial activity. Educational activities may take place in a building or in a location from which a standard protected space can be reached within the required protection time. Activities may take place in a building or in a location from which a standard protected space can be reached within the required protection time. Gatherings and services are permitted — in an open area, up to 100 people, and in a building, up to 400 people.

According to the IDF, in the rest of the country there will be a return to full activity with no restrictions. The Health Ministry instructed hospitals, health funds, and all institutions in the public health system this evening to return to full operations.