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An anti-aircraft missile fired from Syria at Israel fell overnight in the Negev, after an attack attributed to Israel. An air defense system was activated against Syrian anti-aircraft fire, and in response the Air Force attacked the battery from which the missile was fired. In Syrian space. According to reports in Syria, the air force attacked several targets in the Damascus area shortly after 01:30 tonight, and then several surface-to-air missiles were fired, one of which fell in the south of the country. An IDF spokesman said that "the missile, apparently an SA5 model, which reaches a...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the climate summit organized by the US president that "I pledged to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and successfully complete the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy in Israel by 2050." Netanyahu was introduced by US Energy Minister Jennifer Greenholm. She explained that the leaders speaking on the second day of the conference are those whose countries are leading technological developments or those who are leading in the field of renewable energy production. Netanyahu said in his pre-recorded speech: "I can announce that we have...

Another evening of rockets and alarms in the Gaza Strip in parallel with clashes and riots in Jerusalem: A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip exploded around 10:30 pm (Saturday) in Israeli territory near the perimeter fence and a red alert was sounded in Kibbutz Nirim in the Eshkol Council. Earlier, a rocket was fired in the Sderot area using an iron dome. An 18-year-old girl from Sderot suffered from anxiety and was treated in the emergency room at Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon. A red alarm was sounded shortly before 21:00 in Sderot and nearby localities and the residents entered the...

Delek Drilling reported today (Monday) that it has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding for the sale of its entire share in the Tamar reservoir (22%) to the Mubadella Petroleum Company in Abu Dhabi. The company is part of Abu Dhabi's national investment company, which manages assets worth about $ 230 billion. This is the largest commercial agreement signed between the countries since the normalization agreements with the Emirates and it was signed as part of the gas outline in which Delek Drilling undertook to sell its holdings (22%) in the Tamar reservoir by the end of 2021....

The salary report for 2019 published today (Tuesday) by the Minister of Finance's salary, Kobi Bar-Natan, once again reports a particularly high salary paid to hundreds of employees in public bodies, up to an average monthly salary cost of NIS 119,000 for the 12 senior employees in the PA Airports. The report again includes serious data on huge wage gaps between men and women in public bodies, although the wage commissioner has made efforts in this area in recent years and told us today that "we see some improvement in this area." The wage gap between men and women continues to be high...

According to the guidelines of the Home Front Command, studies will not be held tomorrow (Thursday) in most parts of the country - from the Gaza Strip to the localities of Gush Dan and the Sharon. Home Front Command guidelines also apply to Friday until the end of the school day. Since schoolchildren go on holiday for weeks, at this stage the studies are expected to resume on Wednesday, after Shavuot has been banned and only if there is an improvement in the security situation. Following the guidelines, about one million students will not attend school by Wednesday. The guidelines also...

The heavy firing on Israel. From eight in the evening last night until the morning hours, the Palestinians fired more than one hundred and thirty rockets, twenty-four fell in the Gaza Strip. The Iron Dome system intercepted dozens of rockets. Several rockets were fired in Sderot In Petah Tikva, nine people were injured last night by rockets in three residential buildings. Two were moderately injured and the rest lightly. Last night, the boy who was fatally injured by a rocket hit his apartment in Sderot-- Ido Avigal, five, died of his wounds. He was in the protected space but was hit by...

In light of the security situation, foreign airlines continue to cancel their flights to and from Israel in the coming days. Only a few foreign airlines continue to operate flights to Israel, including the Israeli airlines El Al, Israir and Arkia, and meanwhile also the Ethiopian Airlines, which at this stage has not yet announced the cancellation of the upcoming flight that is scheduled to depart at 1:00 at night, Play Dubai, Aegean Scheduled to fly on Monday and others. The first to cancel the flights were the American airlines United, Delta and American Airlines, which announced last...

Judea and Samaria sector warms up, in parallel with the continuation of the operation in Gaza: 9 Palestinians were killed on Friday, according to the Palestinian Authority's official news agency, in clashes with IDF forces across Judea and Samaria. He was wounded in the hospital earlier in the day by a terrorist who tried to run over and stab soldiers near Ofra in Binyamin. In an attempt to ignite the fire in the West Bank as well, Hamas military wing spokesman Abu Obeida sent a message to West Bank residents: "Congratulations on your uprising. Ignite the land under the feet of the...

International pressure on Israel is gaining momentum. Many countries express dissatisfaction with the continuation of Israel's massive attacks in the Gaza Strip, attacks that have killed more than one hundred and seventy Israelis. President Biden has twice called on Prime Minister Netanyahu and expressed concern about the number of innocent casualties in the Gaza Strip. China and the European Union are also putting pressure on Israel to end the fighting.