Articles by January, 2020

Iran launched missiles tonight between Tuesday and Wednesday toward two bases in Iraq, including a base U.S. forces serve there.Iran took responsibility for the act, claiming that the attack was a revenge for the assassination of Quds Force commander Kassem Suleimani, who was liquidated five days ago at Baghdad airport. The missiles were fired from Iran's territory. US clerck: "There are very few casualties and American soldiers may not have been killed." Iranian media reported that about 35 missiles were fired at the bases in two rounds of attack. U.S. Secretary of State confirmed "more...

The third person killed in a work accident in 2020: A 30-year-old construction worker was killed Wednesday morning at a backed-up construction site on Lehigh Street in Rishon Lezion. MDA paramedics and paramedics arrived on the scene. An initial police investigation revealed that it was probably a work accident. Police also said the report had been transferred to the Ministry of Labor. With the opening of the police investigation, evidence from everyone present collects to determine how the worker who worked on a scaffold on the sixth floor fell to his death. One of the directions being...

Israeli breakthrough in laser rocket interception development: After decades of futile attempts, failed projects, and joint efforts with the US that failed to deliver - rocket missile and rocket launches - Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday that Israel has developed a proven ability to intercept rockets using multi-laser Powerful. In about six months, an overall capability trial will be conducted from the laboratory to build a complete system in the defense industries Raphael and Elbit, in the Shadema field in the south. Then, towards the end of the year, first laser transmitters will...

The National Cyber directorate and the Ministry of Communications have inaugurated a control center that will provide a national response to cyber threats to the communications sector and to maintain its functional continuity. The inauguration of the center was attended by Yigal Ona National Cyber, Head of Communications David Amsalem and Director of the Ministry of Communications Nati Cohen. The center, which will begin operation in early February, is part of the National Cyber ​​Events Management Center of the National Cyber ​​Array located in the high-tech park in Be'er Sheva, and is...

Earlier this week, more than 500 farmers' reports of large-scale damage caused by the various storm events that occurred in January were received in Kent's State Chamber of Agriculture (pronunciation: KANAT). Initially, the damage is estimated at more than NIS 50 million. It should be noted that the damage dimensions will only be determined later after farmers, and Kent estimators, can enter the flooded fields. Also, the kind of damage that we experienced from high winds and heavy rainfall has implications for the continued development of the various crops so that the final damage...

An AI-based patient safety solution developed by Israeli medical tech startup MedAware identified over 10,000 potential medical errors and adverse drug events, with an accuracy rate of over 90 percent, according to a new study co-authored by Harvard researchers. The study, published last month by the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, analyzed MedAware's machine learning-enabled clinical decision support platform, designed to prevent medication-related errors, at the outpatient clinics of Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women's Hospitals. The system flagged...

The Labor party and "Gesher" with Orly Levy-Abekasis stwill unite with Meretz and the Democratic unity. They will run together in one left party for the 23rd Knesset. At the conclusion of a meeting at the home of Labor chairman Amir Peretz in Sderot, Labor chairman-Gesher Orly Levy and chairman of Meretz Nitzan Horowitz. They agreed to unite for the upcoming elections. "Peretz and Horowitz intend to emphasize the gospel of significant unification and the hope for political change that will be the social heart and political compass of the next government after the end of the Netanyahu...

Israel President Reuven Rivlin decided to convert about four months out of Nochi Dankner's imprisonment, on probation to be added to the probation sentence imposed on him. This decision will allow Dankner to stand before the parole committee soon, rather than face it as it should, in early May. The statement further states that "the decision was made on the basis of Dankner's medical condition these days. These are medical circumstances that were not before the court at sentencing and which, according to medical opinions, were greatly aggravated during his imprisonment and necessitated...

The highest payed in government companies in 2018 was Rafael's CEO, Yoav Har Even, with gross salary of NIS 113,127 a month, followed by CEO of Electric Company Ofer Bloch with gross monthly salary of NIS 97,365. This is according to the annual report released this morning by the CEO of the government corporation, Yankee Quint, which includes 49 government companies. Other notable highlights: CFO of the aerospace industry earned NIS 94,380, chief labor officer at Haifa Port earned NIS 86,629, CEO of Aerospace Industries earned NIS 82,583 and a router at Ashdod port earned NIS 78,744 in...