Defense Minister Benny Gantz in Washington for talks to ensure Israel’s military edge
In the wake of a reported U.S.-UAE deal in the works for the sale of F-35 fighter jets, Israel’s Defense Minister Benny Gantz departed for the United States on a brief 24-hour visit on...
Spike in COVID-19 cases could bring Israel’s hospitals to their knees, warns official
The Israeli health-care system is on the brink of collapse and will soon no longer be able to ensure coronavirus patients receive adequate care, health officials warned on Monday amid new data indicating that...
Report: Israeli Health Ministry head tells hospitals to cease elective procedures, open new COVID-19...
Israeli Health Ministry Director General Hezi Levi on Monday called on the country’s hospitals to cease performing elective procedures and to take urgent steps to handle the country’s steadily rising coronavirus morbidity rate.
In a...
Scientists grow fresh dates from a sixth-century BCE seed
Mazal tov to Hannah and Methuselah on their 111 miracle babies! The proud parents are date palms grown from ancient seeds uncovered in archeological excavations in Israel.
These dates, recently picked at the Arava Institute at Kibbutz...
Israelis brace for High Holidays in shadow of second lockdown
On Rosh Hashanah eve, as Israelis were bracing for a second nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Health Ministry on Friday morning said it had registered 5,238 new cases in the past...
Israeli health minister: Public must understand that ‘we are at war’
With less than a day before Israel becomes the first Western country to impose a second nationwide lockdown to curb the coronavirus pandemic, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein urged the public to adhere to government...
At Rosh Hashanah, Israel’s population hits 9.25 million
On the eve of the Jewish New Year, Israel’s population stands at 9.246 million people, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported, marking an annual population growth rate of 1.6 percent (150,000 people).
The past year...
Rules for Israel’s second lockdown
The Israeli Health Ministry, Finance Ministry and Prime Minister’s Office released a joint statement on Wednesday detailing the final list of regulations approved by the Cabinet for the nationwide lockdown scheduled to go into...
Friedman on Abraham Accords: ‘When the dust settles, Israeli-Arab conflict will be over’
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said on Wednesday that recent regional developments, and especially the peace treaties between Israel, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, mark the beginning of the end of the...
IDF hits multiple Hamas targets in response to overnight rocket barrage
Israeli fighter jets and helicopters carried out two waves of strikes on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday morning, after terrorists in the coastal enclave fired 15 rockets into Israeli territory overnight...