Israel’s Health Ministry published the daily statistics for new COVID-19 cases in Israel that listed 1,027 people testing positive for the disease on Friday, slightly down from Thursday’s total of 1,033. On Shabbos, as of 5:00 pm, 315 people tested positive for the disease. The number of actively ill people in the country also rose and now sits at 9,422, among them are 276 who are in serious condition, down 7 from yesterday, and 107 on respirators. Thus far, 2,845 people have died from the disease in Israel. Among those who tested positive recently are 10 staff members of the Isrotel Hotel at the Dead Sea during a routine test of the staff of the hotel. All services in the hotel have been suspended until full testing can be done of everyone on the premises. The hotel stated that the staff members who tested positive were all asymptomatic and were only discovered as having the disease due to the routine testing of the staff under the “Tourist Island” guidelines. The Health Ministry stated that they were conducting an intensive epidemiological investigation with the staff in order to identify other possible infected people inside the “green” zone. Any guests who have been staying at the hotel since the 22nd of November are required to take a corona test. A large explosion took place on Tzahal Street in Nes Ziona that seemingly came from a car bomb. No injuries were reported as a result of the explosion. Police closed off the area and opened an investigation. From reports in the Israeli media, it appears that a wealthy businessman was the target murder attempt. Unidentified gunmen opened fire near two banks in the Arab towns of Bi’ina and Dier al-Assad in the Galilee. No injuries were reported in the shootings but damage was caused. Police are investigating both incidents. Similar incidents took place this week with gunmen shooting near banks in Dier Hana, Ra’ama, Nahaf, and Araba. Thus far seven people have been arrested in relation to the shootings. A young woman in her early 20s and a boy aged 10, were moderately injured due to smoke inhalation when a fire broke out in a residential building on HaHalutz Street in Nahariya. Volunteers from United Hatzalah and ambulance teams from Magen David Adom treated the injured and transported them to the Galilee medical center in Nahariya for further care. A large amount of agricultural equipment went up in flames in Moshav Yakhini, a religious farming town south of Sderot near the Gaza border. Among the items torched was a combine and a plant sprayer. The damage will cost the town millions of shekels to replace. It is suspected that the fire was caused by arsonists who were seeking protection money from the town. According to one of the farmers, the remains of two Molotov cocktails were found at the scene and everything went up in flames in seconds, leading residents to suspect that other accelerants were used. A motorcyclist in his 50s was killed in a motor vehicle accident that took place south of the Ma’akhaz interchange of Highways 40 and 6 near Kiryat Gat. United Hatzalah volunteers and Magen David Adom ambulance teams performed CPR on the motorcyclist but were forced to pronounce his death at the scene. due to the accident, […]
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