Israel’s government has approved another extension of the “special situation on the home front” across the entire country, pushing the wartime emergency framework out by roughly two more weeks, through March 26. The same mechanism was first declared by the defense minister on February 28 at the start of the Iran campaign and had already been extended once, through March 12.

Under Israel’s Civil Defense Law, it gives the security system and Home Front Command broader authority to impose and enforce civilian protection measures during active conflict. In practice, it keeps the legal infrastructure in place for rapid changes to schooling, workplaces, gatherings, and other daily-life restrictions if the threat picture worsens.

For now, the current Home Front Command policy remains unchanged through Saturday, March 14 at 8:00 p.m. Nationwide, Israel is still under “limited activity”: educational activity remains banned except for specific exceptions, gatherings are generally capped at 50 people if a protected space can be reached in time, and workplaces may operate only under the same shelter-access conditions. The extension signals Jerusalem is preparing for the possibility that the fighting and missile threat will continue beyond the immediate next phase.