Environment reporter Sue Surkes explains why we're sweating and how it'll only get worse, while Palestinian affairs reporter Aaron Boxerman updates us on hot-spot Sheikh Jarrah

Health officials push to reintroduce Purple Badge limits on businesses; expert: If one million eligible don't get vaccinated, Israel must choose between mass infection or lockdown

Full Green Pass will return, including for children; masks mandated outdoors in large crowds; work from home encouraged; vaccinated carers of infected young kids must quarantine

4.22 million have been reported dead but many were left out, say Hebrew University researchers, pointing to authoritarian regimes downplaying virus and others unable to keep track

UK reportedly set to administer booster shots to those over aged 50 or immunocompromised from September; German authorities to offer the inoculation to vulnerable groups

Top health official says measures being weighed to stem resurgence ‘without harming economy’; government said set to expand list of 'high risk' countries, tighten Green Pass

Hadassah doctor hopes to allay false fears vaccine harms men’s ability to conceive, after surveying samples from before and after vaccination and finding there’s no change

Nachman Ash says further measures being weighed to stem COVID resurgence ‘without harming economy’; ministers said set to expand list of 'high risk' countries, tighten Green Pass

Placebo study still to come, but inventor says medication 'could be a game changer' after around 9 out of 10 participants in Greek trial are released from hospital within 5 days

Lazar Berman explains why Israel is up in arms after an alleged Iranian attack on an oil tanker; health reporter Nathan Jeffay lists pros and cons of Israel's 3rd dose campaign