The army's Home Front Command issued updated guidelines that will enter into force at 6:00 am on Thursday (0300 GMT) and allow "full activity without restrictions" for most of the country.

The new protocols allow for schools to reopen.

In certain areas, including metropolitan Tel Aviv, a cap of 1,000 people for public gatherings is being imposed.

In parts of northern Israel near the Lebanon border, repeatedly impacted by Hezbollah rocket fire during the conflict, restrictions limiting open-air gatherings to 50 people will be enforced.

The Home Front Command said the guidelines would be revised on Thursday at 8:00 pm.

Israeli police said the new guidelines allow for the reopening of holy places in Jerusalem on Thursday "to visitors and for prayer".

The city is home to holy sites for Jews, Christians and Muslims, and their closure through more than a month of conflict with Iran drew sharp criticism from leaders of the three faiths.

The Islamic Waqf, the Jordanian-run body that administers the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, said the site would open for prayers on Thursday without restrictions.

Israel's Airports Authority also announced that it was "working to fully resume operations at (Tel Aviv's) Ben Gurion Airport starting at midnight".

Two other airports at Herzliya, north of Tel Aviv, and Ramon, near the southern city of Eilat, would also open on Thursday and Sunday respectively, the Airports Authority said.

Operations at Haifa airport in the north "will be assessed toward the end of the weekend" depending on the security situation, it added.