Yediot Aharanot journalist covering Arab affairs is targeted in bombing, two weeks after gunmen opened fire at his family.

Sirens sounded in communities near Gaza border

Earthquake occurred at 7:58 p.m. at a distance of 43 km southeast of Dimona. No injuries or damage reported.

Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum responded to the IDF attacks in the Gaza Strip."The bombings carried out by Israel are merely a show of strength by the new government designed to improve the morale of the soldiers who collapsed in the face of the attacks of the resistance in the last campaign. The resistance will be In guard to protect our people," he said

The deputy leader of the Ra'am party, Iman Khatib-Yasin, spoke to Kan News In Thursday about the family reunification law."We are in talks about how we can make changes and facilitations in the law. There are still no agreements," she said, stressing that if the law comes up for discussion in its current wording, Ra'am will vote against it.

Arabs attack haredi man at the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, throwing rocks and vegetables at him and injuring him.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke In Thursday with Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and discussed "the need to improve Israeli-Palestinian relations in practical ways," the State Department said in a statement quoted by Reuters."They also shared opinions In opportunities to deepen normalization efforts as well as In regional security issues, including Iran," the statement added.

Coronavirus-related deaths worldwide passed the milestone of 4 million In Thursday, according to a Reuters tally.While the number of new cases and deaths have abated in countries like the United States and Britain, several nations have vaccine shortages as the Delta variant becomes the dominant strain around the world.