12-pack of large eggs to cost NIS 13.97 ($4.10), up from NIS 12.05 ($3.60); ministry links decision to global increases amid Ukraine war, says it's necessary to prevent shortages

ToI editor David Horovitz discusses the Noam party Knesset member and other coalition details, as environmental reporter Sue Surkes looks at pension funds' investments and bird flu

Nature authorities closely monitoring wild birds, weighing whether to stop feeding cranes in northern Israel to prevent crowding, avoid risk of last year's mass infection

Turkeys in slaughterhouse near Beit She'an mark first cases of avian influenza this winter; surrounding farms quarantined as authorities look to prevent spread to wild birds

Agriculture Ministry notes 'encouraging recovery' over past two days; cleanup efforts at Hula Lake Reserve expected to end next week ahead of migration season

Tech Israel editor Ricky Ben-David discusses the need for a local food technology plan, and health and science correspondent Nathan Jeffay offers an Omicron overview

But Health Ministry says tests have so far not found water to be polluted after flowing from Hula Lake Reserve, where 5,000 cranes have died

H5N1 virus infects 5,500 chickens in community of Barak; Agriculture Ministry says it's concerned about human infection

Prof. Amnon Lahad calls prospect of virus crossing species 'very concerning,' as Health Ministry advises Israelis to avoid sick birds and not to buy unregulated chicken, eggs

Agriculture Ministry appeals to residents of northern moshav at epicenter of H5N1 outbreak to keep stray cats -- potential carriers of virus -- from wandering around poultry sheds