Defying restrictions, thousands hold funeral for Druze leader who died of COVID – Virus czar says all those at funeral in locked down town of Majdal Shams should test for COVID-19; body of Sheikh Abu Zain Al-Din Hassan Halabi was snatched from the hospital | Timesofisrael

Thousands of people on Saturday took part in a funeral for a Druze sheikh in defiance of lockdown measures limiting gatherings, after his body was snatched from a hospital.The mass funeral for Sheikh Abu Zain Al-Din Hassan Halabi was held in the Golan border town of Majdal Shams, which is currently under lockdown due to its number of active COVID-19 cases per capita, which is currently the highest in Israel.