According to data from the Population and Immigration Authority, from this morning (Sunday) until now, 6,098 passports have been issued in the four major offices of the Ministry of the Interior as part of a mass drive to clear backlogged passport applicants.
At the Tel Aviv office 1,683 applicants received service, at the Haifa office 1,575, at the Beer Sheva office 1,480 and at the Jerusalem office 1,360.