Pro. Eli Waxman, the chairman of the panel of experts that advises the National Security Council on the coronavirus pandemic, told Channel 12 News on Sunday that Israel “has lost control of the pandemic.” Waxman explained that Israel is unable to control the rising amount of cases due to the fact that the cases are spread out throughout the country. “We don’t know where most of the cases were infected so we’re unable to control the outbreaks. We’re facing Israel’s greatest ever national civilian crisis.” Waxman believes that if stricter regulations aren’t imposed immediately, the number of seriously ill patients will rise to 300 within the next three weeks and could reach 1,200 several weeks after that.

A New York Times article on Sunday said that Israel is responsible for the fire in Iran that caused significant damage at the Natanz nuclear site, quoting an anonymous Middle Eastern intelligence official. The intelligence official, who said that the blast at the site was caused by a powerful bomb, added that Israel was not responsible for the other mysterious blasts in Iran last week. Israel admitted on Sunday that the fire caused considerable damage at the Natanz nuclear site. Behrouz Kamalvandi, a spokesperson for Iran’s atomic agency, confirmed that the site was a new centrifuge assembly center, Kamalvandi added that the blast may temporarily slow down the development of the centrifuges but said that the damaged building will be replaced with a more advanced facility.

The ruling has just been handed down by the judge: There will be no overnight summer camps in NY this summer. CLICK HERE TO READ THE RULING SOME QUOTES FROM THE RULING: Although Plaintiffs argue that Jewish overnight camps would have rigorous training on health and safety protocols developed from physicians and health policy professionals (Dkt. No. 7, Attach 2, at 15-16), Defendant’s executive orders apply to all overnight camps throughout the state, which may not have the appropriate resources. Overnight camps are also generally a significant distance away from hospitals and located in remote areas with limited healthcare access. (Dkt. No. 25, Attach.

Mayor Bill de Blasio blamed the uptick in violence over the weekend on the coronavirus pandemic, while defending the city’s latest policing reforms and vowing to keep New York City “the safest big city in America.” De Blasio held a press conference Monday after a weekend of violence across New York City that left at least eight people dead and more than 44 people shot and injured. “I want to talk about what happened this weekend. Many were out there celebrating, but we saw too much violence, and we have a lot of work to do to address it,” de Blasio said, while adding that “there is not one cause for something like this.” “This is directly related to coronavirus,” de Blasio said.

There are currently 30,100 cases of the coronavirus in Israel with the number of active patients reaching 11,856, of whom 90 are seriously ill and 32 are on ventilators. The death toll has risen to 331. Israel’s coronavirus cabinet convened for an emergency meeting on Monday to decide on further restrictions to combat the rapid spread of the coronavirus throughout Israel. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu‏‏ said at the meeting that Israel “is one step away from a full lockdown,” adding that if new restrictions are not imposed immediately, the number of seriously ill patients can reach thousands in a matter of weeks, paralyzing Israel’s health system.

Two serious crashes this morning forced the full closure of Route 17 at Exit 119 – both eastbound and westbound. In one incident, one victim suffered serious injuries after a multi-vehicle crash on Route 17 heading Eastbound. Emergency personnel – including Catskills Hatzolah – were dispatched to the crash which happened at around 9:30AM. The crash involved two vehicles, one of which overturned two times. Hatzolah Paramedics requested a Medevac for one of the victims, who suffered serious injuries. The chopper landed on the highway, and evacuated the victim to Westchester Trauma Center. An additional stable victims were transported by Hatzolah to Orange Regional Medical center. Meanwhile, at 8:00AM, a overturned tractor-trailer dump-truck overturned on Route 17 heading westbound.

Following a labor dispute between El Al and its pilots’ union last week, the embattled airline canceled all flights and furloughed an additional 500 employees late last week, including 100 pilots. “Since the pilots refuse to staff the flights — which include cargo flights and a limited number of passenger flights — we are forced to make personnel adjustments,” El Al stated. Hundreds of employees of Tamam, an El Al subsidiary which provides kosher airline meals for El Al and other carriers at Ben-Gurion Airport, have also been furloughed. Prior to the breakdown between El Al and the pilots’ union, El Al had stated it was in the final stages of reaching an agreement with the finance ministry but the agreement cannot be finalized without the approval of the El Al workers’ unions.

There were around 35 shootings between the 4th of July and 7:00PM Sunday, injuring more than 45 people, according to the NYPD. According to the NYPD, there were 575 incidents with 705 victims from Jan. 1 through July 4 of 2020. There were 369 incidents with 423 victims in the same time period last year. The Twitter accounts of some NYPD Chiefs took to Twitter to denounce the violence. NYPD Assistant Chief Kathleen O’Reilly, Commanding Officer  of Manhattan North tweeted: “Disgraceful the amount of people shot in Manhattan North in the past 24 hours! Where are the elected officials and violence interupter!! The community is suffering!!” Disgraceful the amount of people shot in Manhattan North in the past 24 hours! Where are the elected officials and violence interupter!!

A report by the Coronavirus National Information and Knowledge Center warned that Chareidi areas in Israel are experiencing an increasingly high rate of coronavirus infections, with most of the new virus cases in Jerusalem in the past week in Chareidi neighborhoods. According to the report, 47% of the coronavirus cases in Jerusalem in the past week were in the neighborhoods of Sanhedria Murchevet, Givat Hamivtar, Har Nof, Ramot, Ramot Bet, Kiryat Sanz, Kiryat Belz, Geulah, Mea Shearim, Neve Yaakov, Mattesdorf, Makor Baruch, Tel Arza and Machanayim. The percentage of people who tested positive for the coronavirus in the past week in Chareidi neighborhoods in Jerusalem was 17% versus 7.4% in the general population.

Israel’s Health Ministry reported 803 new cases of the coronavirus as of Sunday morning in the previous 24 hours, with the number of active patients rising to 11,189. There are currently 335 hospitalized coronavirus patients, of whom 86 are seriously ill and 29 on ventilators. The death toll remains at 330. “We’re in a state of emergency,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu‏‏ said on Sunday morning regarding the increasingly rising coronavirus infection rate and rise in seriously ill patients. “This outbreak will lead to double the amount of seriously ill patients. We have to take further steps to give us more time.