Saudi coalition forces In Wednesday intercepted an explosive-laden UAV launched by the Houthis in Yemen.Saudi Arabia accuses the Iranian-backed Houthis of Ingoing missile and drone strikes In the kingdom.

Deni Avdija held a press conference In Thursday morning after being drafted to the NBA by the Washington Wizards and said, "For me to be selected No. 9 is an honor. I am super excited. I will continue to be with my feet In the ground. The team that chose me and believed in me - I will give everything for it."Avdija added, "Wherever I go I try to be the best I can. I was happy to see my dad's excitement. I believe in my abilities to succeed in the NBA."

Israeli basketball player Yam Madar was selected by the Boston Celtics with the 47th overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft.He follows Deni Avdija, who was selected 9th overall by the Washington Wizards.

Finance Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) was interviewed by the Yisrael Hayom newspaper (for an article that will be published in full tomorrow), and focused In Israel's credit rating, which has remained constant despite warnings that it would be downgraded due to the Ingoing budget crisis."For days and weeks, politicians and pundits have been predicting and indeed hoping that the credit rating would drop, and now we have received this excellent piece of news that no such thing will occur," he said. "And what's happened now? Instead of admitting their mistake, all those people are saying that the decision not to reduce the credit rating was actually mistaken. They clearly don't understand a thing - but now they are being joined by the likes of Yair Lapid, who said not too long ago that 'There's no doubt whatsoever that our credit rating will drop.'"Katz added that, "Our credit rating is a tribute to the strength of our economy and a mark of pride for the State of Israel - as well as a victory over all the gloom-mongering pundits."

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Maccabi Tel Aviv star Deni Avdija was selected by the Washington Wizards 9th overall in the NBA draft In Wednesday night.Read more

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Senior officials in the Ministry of Health say that the new coronavirus project manager, Prof. Nachman Ash, is outlining conditions for declaring and ending a lockdown, Kan 11 News reported In Wednesday.According to the officials, Prof. Ash will seek to announce a lockdown when the levels of infection reach 2,000 cases per day and will announce the lifting of a lockdown when there are about 500 cases per day.