Bennett tells HMOs he expects approval by Thursday night; reports suggest booster vaccine drive will be expanded to over-50s first, over-40s shortly after

Coronavirus czar says country 'is at a critical point for all of us'; government vaccine adviser says those who received 3rd doses already showing high antibody levels

Salman Zarka, a Bedouin professor, is already on COVID-19 advisory panel; he served in IDF for 25 years and oversaw field hospital that treated Syrian civil war wounded

In 2013 Salman Zarka, then head of IDF Northern Command's medical corps, sent injured Syrians who came to Israel's border to a Safed hospital. Now, he's running it