The number of coronavirus cases in the Gaza Strip has risen to over 1,000 from almost zero confirmed cases just two weeks ago. Nine fatalities have been recorded. The outbreak is not confined to one area, with clusters of cases diagnosed across the Strip. The Gaza Strip’s health system was inadequate even before the pandemic began due to its leaders spending most of their time and resources in attacking Israel rather than developing resources for their citizens. Last week, Hamas health officials said if the number of virus cases surpasses 2,000, their health system will collapse. Dr. Ahmed el-Rabii, 37 is the first Gaza doctor diagnosed with COVID-19 and is among dozens of health-care workers infected during the local outbreak, which was detected late last month.

The top executives of nine drugmakers likely to produce the first vaccines against the new coronavirus signed an unprecedented pledge meant to boost public confidence in any approved vaccines. The companies said Tuesday that they will stick to the highest ethical and scientific standards in testing and manufacturing and will make the well-being of those getting vaccinated their top priority. The announcement comes amid worries that President Donald Trump will pressure the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve a vaccine before it’s proven to be safe and effective. The president has repeatedly said a vaccine could be ready by the end of the year, or even as early as October.

An Israeli Chareidi publication sent two Chassidish journalists to Dubai in preparation for a special feature article for its Sukkos edition. The journalists had no qualms about wandering the streets of Dubai in their full Chassidish levush despite the stares they must have drawn and the intense heat, which reached 106°F (41°C) on Sunday, an average temperature in the United Arab Emirates at this time of year. “It’s very hot in Israel and we manage fine [in Chassidish levush] and here too we’re managing fine,” one of the journalists told B’Chadrei Chareidim. “It truly is very hot but a little heat won’t kill us.” “We have no problem getting kosher food. There are organized meals at the Chabad house and a kosher catering service.

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The religious women’s seminary known as Midreshet Lindenbaum saw 12 students test positive for Covid-19 Coronavirus on Tuesday. The outbreak was the first of its kind in a seminary that caters to both Israeli and foreign students. Due to the twelve young women testing positive for the disease, another 125 students in the Israeli program at the school located in the Arnona neighborhood of southern  Jerusalem have gone into isolation. All of the students in the Israeli program have been sent home and are taking classes on video conference. The outbreak began when one student was sent home due to having a mild cough last week. Even though she did not have a fever or other symptoms, she was asked to take a coronavirus test, which came back positive.

Two days after a federal judge ordered the U.S. Census Bureau to stop winding down 2020 census operations for the time being, the statistical agency said Tuesday in court papers that it’s refraining from laying off some census takers and it’s restoring some quality-control steps. The Census Bureau said it’s refraining from laying off census takers who were in the late phases of the head count of every U.S. resident and those door-knockers still are being assigned homes to visit in an effort to get answers for the 2020 census questionnaire.

The European Union warned Serbia and Kosovo on Monday that they could undermine their EU membership hopes by moving their Israeli embassies to Jerusalem, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement about the change left officials in Belgrade and Pristina scrambling to limit the political fallout. In an unexpected move last week, Trump said that Serbia and Kosovo had agreed to normalize economic ties as part of U.S.-brokered talks that include Belgrade moving its embassy to Jerusalem, and mutual recognition between Israel and Kosovo.

A senior delegation from the African Muslim-majority country of Chad arrived in Israel on Tuesday for discussions on a normalization of ties agreement and Chadian officials said they are willing to open a diplomatic mission in Jerusalem. The delegation is headed by Chadian President Idriss Déby’s son, Abdelkerim Idriss Déby, who is Chad’s cabinet chairman. Déby met with his Israeli counterpart, National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat as well as with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu‏‏, Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen and others. מחזקים את היחסים עם צ'אד

Not all that long ago, managing your home network’s security didn’t involve much more than installing an antivirus program on your PC. If only it were still so simple. It’s no longer just about protecting the computer on which you may be working from home and the laptops the kids may be using as online school starts. Odds are good you’ve got a few other internet-connected devices around the house — phones, tablets, game consoles, maybe a “smart” TV or thermostat or refrigerator or light bulb or kid’s toy or security camera or video-streaming gadget or voice-activated digital valet. The average U.S. home now has 11 such devices, according to Deloitte, many of which are vulnerable to hacking.

Terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden’s niece, Noor bin Ladin, recently endorsed President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign, according to a New York Post report. “Osama bin Laden endorsed Biden to see America fail. I endorse President Trump to see America succeed,” bin Ladin wrote on Twitter. (Noor’s family spells Ladin with an i instead of an e.) Noor was referring to the fact that Osama plotted the assassination of President Barack Obama because “killing him automatically will make [Vice President] Biden take over the presidency,” as first reported by the Washington Post in March 2012. Bin Laden was sure that a Biden presidency would be disastrous for the US, saying at the time: “Biden is totally unprepared for that post, which will lead the U.S.