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The Syrian human rights organization reports that at least 23 people were killed in the Israeli attack, most of them Syrian soldiers. According to the organization, seven of those killed are foreign nationals, probably Iranians. They emphasized that IDF attacked Iran's headquarters base in Syria. Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar, close to Hezbollah, reports from Syrian security officials that most of Israel's positions attacked have been cleared beforehand because there was an expectation that Israel would respond to the shootings from Syria in the Golan Heights earlier this week.The paper...

Israel Aerospace Industries earnings increased in the third quarter of the year, to $ 32 million, compared to a net loss of $ 21 million in the corresponding quarter last year, according to the company's financial statements for the third quarter of the year. The reports show that the IAA's operating profit increased by $ 42 million in the last quarter, compared with an operating loss of $ 19 million in the corresponding period last year. In the last quarter, IAI sales totaled more than $ 1 billion, an increase of almost 17 % Compared to the corresponding quarter in 2018. The IAI says...

The cessation of train traffic between Hadera and Herzliya from Wednesday night until Sunday morning significantly affected the northern residents who work in the center of the country, who had to decide this morning whether to fight traffic jams or stay home. Many residents complained about the situation, claiming they were under siege. The closures of Netanya, Netanya-Sapir, Beit Yehoshua and Caesarea-Pardes Hana are being carried out as part of an annual maintenance program, which will include upgrades and replacements of parties and devotees, whose job is to divert the train from one...

The government is expected to approve an additional NIS 44 million on Sunday to budget security and rescue components in Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley. The addition consists of a security grant of NIS 34.5 million for the region; Boosting first aid stations in Judea, Samaria and NIS 5.5 million; And continued operation of resilience centers in Judea and Samaria - NIS 3.6 million. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu summoned the Yesha Council leaders to his office on Thursday, announcing his decision to approve the budget. Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri,...

On Sunday, the OECD released a new report on ways to reduce the congestion of traffic in Israel. In recent months, the issue of congestion fees has returned to public discourse, and as the new Transport Minister at Bezalel advances steps to reduce road congestion in favor of public transport, the new report provides insights and conclusions about the effectiveness of the block toll systems and their use in various cities around the world, In Milan, Singapore and Stockholm congestion fees have significantly reduced the load, and New York is now also planning a similar program

A complete collapse in the achievements of Arab education in Israel. This is the picture that emerges from the PISA 2018 exam grades for 9th graders. In the three areas of the test, Arab students achieved a decline, as well as peak gaps between Hebrew and Arabic students, with the average gap being 124 points. 54% of Arab students were classified as having difficulty in all three areas together, compared to only 12% among Jews. The gaps between strong and weak students in Israel are also highest in all the countries examined in all three subjects. The findings are particularly difficult in...

Blue and White Chairman Benny Gantz said Thursday in a party rally in Tel Aviv and for the first time since the Knesset split, that going to another election is a one-man political tragedy - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and that no legal indictment replaces that moral. "Yesterday was a day that is a blot on the political history of the State of Israel," Gantz said. "One person puts himself before the citizens. Israel is going to the elections because one person puts his security and immunity ahead of the security and resilience of society - and that is a low moral value." The Blue...

The Israeli economy grew by 3.3% in 2019, a slightly higher rate than forecast - the Central Bureau of Statistics published on Tuesday. According to a preliminary estimate for 2019, gross domestic product increased by 3.3% during the year compared to 2018, followed by a 3.4% increase in GDP in 2018 and a 3.6% increase in 2017. The CBS figures also indicate that the government and Social Security deficit stood at 3.54% of GDP in 2019, which is about NIS 50 billion. For example, last year the government deficit reached 3.19% according to the CBS, compared to 2.9% according to the Treasury...

The National Poverty Report published by the National Insurance Institute shows data on an increase in the poverty rate in Israel in 2018 - among the general population as well as among children and families. The couple employed - rose. For the first time after years in which inequality in Israel was reduced, in 2018 it began to expand. Internationally, the poverty rate among children in Israel remains higher in the OECD - more than in Chile and Mexico - when only in Turkey is the poverty rate among children higher.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took part in a summit in Athens on Thursday with the Greek Prime Minister and Cyprus President, which aims to advance an agreement on laying the gas pipeline between the countries. Netanyahu said at the ceremony that it was "a historic day for Israel because Israel is rapidly becoming an energetic power." During the trilateral summit between Netanyahu, Cyprus President Nikos Anastasiadis, and Greek Prime Minister Kiryakos Mitsotakis - the seventh summit to be held - an "East-Med" gas pipeline agreement was signed to allow natural gas to be exported from...