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10 shares Israel’s hospitals are under immense strain as infections soar, with many medical centers electing to cancel between 10 percent and 40% of non-urgent surgeries, and convert operating rooms into makeshift coronavirus wards, the Kan public broadcaster reports. The report says hospitals nationwide are suffering from a shortage of manpower and beds that is the worst seen since the beginning of the pandemic. “The third wave is more severe than the second,” the report cites the ...

0 shares New Hope party leader Gideon Sa’ar says he will not agree to join a power-sharing government with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose Likud party he recently left to form the fledgling party. Sa’ar, a longtime internal rival of the premier, has previously vowed not to enter a government headed by Netanyahu. “I also won’t agree to a rotation [agreement] with Netanyahu,” he tells Channel 12. Netanyahu has widely been accused of intentionally violating a power-sharing...

26 shares Over 45 percent of Israelis over 60-years-old have received the first shot of a coronavirus vaccine, according to television reports. Im proud to work at The Times of Israel I’ll tell you the truth: Life here in Israel isn’t always easy. But its full of beauty and meaning. Im proud to work at The Times of Israel alongside colleagues who pour their hearts into their work day in, day out, to capture the complexity of this extraordinary place. I believe our reporting set...

0 shares CAIRO — Yemen’s prime minister says that a missile attack on the airport in Aden was meant “to eliminate” the country’s new government as it arrived in the key southern city — a daring assault which he blames on Iran-backed rebels. Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed speaks to The Associated Press in an interview conducted at his office in the Mashiq Palace in Aden. It is the leader’s first interview with international media after he survived Wednesday’s attack ...

6 shares WASHINGTON — A coalition of 11 Republican senators announces it will challenge the outcome of the presidential election by voting to reject electors from some states when Congress meets next week to certify the Electoral College results that confirmed President-elect Joe Biden won. US President Donald Trump’s extraordinary refusal to accept his election defeat and the effort to subvert the will of the voters has become a defining moment for Republicans and is tearing the part...

0 shares The police officers who chased Jewish teens alleged to have thrown rocks at Palestinians in the West Bank, one of whom died when the settlers’ car crashed while fleeing, are not expected to face criminal charges, Channel 12 news reports. The officers have been questioned by the Justice Ministry’s Police Internal Investigations Department in relation to 16-year-old Ahuvia Sandak’s death during the chase. The network also says the four other so-called hilltop youth extremists...

13 shares The Health Ministry says 6,004 new coronavirus cases were confirmed yesterday, as infections continue to rise despite a third national lockdown. Along with 2,154 cases recorded since midnight, the number of infections since the pandemic began rises to 433,799. The death toll stands at 3,384, with 30 fatalities yesterday. There are 48,701 active cases, including 739 people in serious condition, with 177 of them on ventilators. Another 185 Israelis are in moderate condition and th...

0 shares Police arrest two teenagers on suspicion of throwing rocks at protesters demonstrating against Prime Minister Netanyahu in the northern community of Yavne’el. The 14- and 15-year-old were arrested after police received a report that rocks were thrown toward protesters, injuring one of them. A police statement says officers gathered evidence from the scene and arrested the two after launching an investigation. Im proud to work at The Times of Israel I’ll tell you the tr...

0 shares Science and Technology Minister Izhar Shay informs Blue and White leader Benny Gantz he’s leaving the party, becoming the seventh member of the centrist list to jump ship. Shay thanks Gantz, and says: “I admire Benny,  respect him very much and wish for Israel to have more leaders like him — with modesty, honesty, personal example, and unconditional sacrifice for the good of the state.” Izhar Shay poses at the Knesset, on April 29, 2019 (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90) I...

3 shares Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits a vaccination center in the Arab Israeli city of Tira, amid speculation he could place an Arab lawmaker on his Likud list ahead of the March 23 elections. According to Channel 12, asked about the possible placement of an Arab lawmaker on his right-wing list, Netanyahu tells a reporter, “I don’t rule that out. I’ll sort out my issues with the Likud election committee and we’ll see.” Netanyahu’s Likud has campaigned in the past o...