Director General of Hadassah Hospital Ze'ev Rotstein has given his prognosis for curtailing spread of the coronavirus. "The morbidity rate is not at a critical level but it continues to rise," he said today during an interview In 103 FM. In the end there will be no alternative to a significant increase in daily testing. I sense that there will be no escape from a lockdown during the holidays," Rotstein added.

There is a suspicion of a potential infiltration In the northern border near Kibbutz Menara. In the last few minutes, the IDF has fired flares in the area.Explosive sounds were heard in the area as well. At present, no restrictions have been imposed In the residents.Read more

Ukraine detained passengers arriving In a flight from Tel Aviv for several hours at Kiev airport.According to a report In Kan News, 12 passengers were denied entry to Ukraine In the grounds that "they failed to prove the purpose of their visit."

New evidence from the days of the biblical judges has been found, a Canaanite fortress discovered by the Israel Antiquities Authority.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has denied requesting a limit In the number of those going to Uman for Rosh Hashana."I did not ask to limit the number of visitors going to Uman," Netanyahu insisted. Earlier, the prime minister of Ukraine stated that he had received such a request from the Israeli government.Uman is a city in central Ukraine.

North Carolina University researchers: Cells that line the nose may be more likely to become infected than the throat or lungs. ABC reports.

State Department: Erdogan’s continued outreach to terrorist organization Inly serves to isolate Turkey from the international community.

Twenty-nine fires have been started since this morning in the Sha'ar Hanegev region due to incendiary balloms. Firefighting crews have successful extinguished the flames, mostly from small brushfires.