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The Ministry of Health announced hat 1,227 people have been diagnosed with Corona in the past day - a record of a month and a half of infections per day. This increased the number of verified infections in Israel to 357,207 people. Yesterday, results were obtained for 57,428 tests, with the percentage of positive for the virus being 2.1%. The test data and their results are not final and may change in subsequent updates from the Ministry of Health. "Unfortunately, I expect that in the next week or two we will see the numbers go up, because we are in the adhesion coefficient R above 1,"...

The Airports Authority announced that it has allocated NIS 50 million to a digitization project at Ben Gurion Airport, which will make it possible to manage most departures abroad through independent procedures through online check-in and automatic machines. First, passengers will be offered the option to check in online from home by most major airlines such as El Al, Turkish Airlines, Fly Dubai and others. Most companies canceled this option during the Corona crisis because of the need to present the results of the tests. But in recent months the option has gradually returned, especially...

srael Aerospace Industries (IAI) signed a $ 50 million contract for MRSAM Marine Systems. The contract was signed by the Indian Navy and MDL and is intended for the supply of additional systems and complementary systems to the Barak 8 air defense system. For a variety of subsystems in the advanced air defense system. Boaz Levy, IAI's Vice President and Director of the Systems, Missiles and Space Division: "IAI's partnership and strong relationship with the Indian Navy is reflected in all of our activities with our partners in India. Only recently we have successfully completed a...

Just before the change of the company's CEOs, when Avi Zvi replaces Itzik Benvenisti, Partner reports this morning on its financial results in the first quarter of the year, which show that the trend continues to increase in the company's customers in the fixed segment and this is reflected in increased revenues. Partner's revenues in the first quarter of the year grew by 3% to NIS 833 million. By segmentation, Partner recorded a 2% decrease in revenues from cellular services, partly as a result of the corona crisis that reduced the company's revenues from roaming services

The rating agency Moody's published on Wednesday an explanation of Israel's credit rating, after last weekend it postponed its rating decision from October 23 to a later date, thus effectively maintaining an A1 rating. Moody's notes that the main risk to Israel's credit rating is Israel's debt burden, Israel's long-term demographic trends (apparently referring to population growth where employment rates are as low as the ultra-Orthodox and Arabs - etc.) and the ongoing tensions in the Middle East. Against the background of the polarized political system that also threatens fiscal policy,...

At Mount Herzl in Jerusalem opens tonight (Wednesday) the celebrations of the 74th Independence Day of the State of Israel with the traditional beacon lighting ceremony - which for the first time in two years was held without any corona restrictions, and thousands came to the audience. This year, the ceremony was held under the banner "A hand meets a sister's hand," and 13 Israelis were chosen to light the 12 beacons symbolizing the 12 tribes of Israel. As a sign of consideration with the battle shocks, and as municipalities across the country have done, there will be no fireworks at the...

The households of the Arabs in Israel are very vulnerable in relation to the households of the Jews, and accordingly suffered more severe damage during the Corona period, according to a report published by the Bank of Israel. The main reasons for this are low income and savings and lack of adequate infrastructure. The report noted that even before the corona, the Arab household was vulnerable: its average monthly income in 2018 was NIS 12,000 on average, compared with 18,000 in a Jewish household - a gap of 32%. 45% of Arab households are below the poverty level. Only in 29% of Arab...

In a decision reached during today's Electricity Authority plenum meeting, the electricity prices in Israel are set to increase by 2.6% starting February 1, 2024. The approval follows a three-week public hearing process and aims to address various challenges, including economic difficulties due to the ongoing war

Itamar Medical is acquired for $ 538 million by American ZOLL Medical in a transaction that is entirely in cash. Itamar is a medical device company with a digital platform that focuses on diagnosing sleep apnea, which is traded in Tel Aviv and New York. In accordance with the terms of the agreement, which was unanimously approved by the boards of directors of each of the companies, Zol Medical will purchase in full the full share capital of Itamar Medical at a price of $ 31 for each deposit certificate (ADS), equivalent to $ 1.03 (NIS 3.31) for an ordinary share of The company. The offer...