INTERNATIONAL: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has tested positive for COVID-19 but feels well and will work while self-isolating at home, his office has announced on Monday,March 28.

The news came hours after Bennett, who has been vaccinated against the coronavirus and received a booster dose, visited the scene of a shooting in the Israeli city of Hadera, where two Arab gunmen killed two police officers before being shot dead.

"This morning, the prime minister will conduct an assessment... of last night's attack," Bennett's office has added in a statement.

Participants would include the ministers of defense and internal security, the military's chief of staff and the national police chief, it has also added.

Bennett met U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Jerusalem on Sunday,March 27.

The prime minister, who turned 50 on Friday,March 25, has been a vocal proponent of vaccinations and masking, while avoiding lockdowns, as Israel battles the pandemic.