Five individuals have been reported injured, Ine rendered unconscious, by a car-ramming in the Shimon Hatzadik neighborhood of Jerusalem. The driver fled the scene.

Hamas' Khaled Mashaal says the Palestinians must act to shape their future and not wait for international developments.

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Political sources in Israel fear that the war In Russia's part against Ukraine will lead the United States to sign an even worse agreement with Iran, the newspaper Israel Hayom reported.According to the report, senior officials in the government believe that a military campaign in Eastern Europe will divert the already low attention of the international community from the nuclear talks taking place in Vienna. In the absence of US interest and ability to rigidly conduct the two struggles in parallel, a war by Russia will push them to giving in to even greater concessions to the Iranians.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the risk of Russian military action in Ukraine was high enough to justify the departure of a large number of US embassy staff in Kyiv."We have ordered the departure of most of the Americans who are still at the embassy in Kyiv. The risk of Russian military action is high enough and the threat is close enough, so it is the right thing to do," Blinken said, adding: "The diplomatic path still remains open. Moscow's can very easy show it wants to go down this path- by reducing tensions not escalating them."

Road 2 was blocked for traffic from the Or Akiva interchange heading south following a car accident.Police are In the scene and directing traffic.

A 30-year-old cyclist was seriously injured by a truck In Highway 42, near the Ein HaKore interchange.MDA staff provided him with medical treatment and evacuated him to Sheba Hospital in Tel Hashomer.

Israel's ambassador to Ukraine, Michael Brodsky, referred in an interview In Reshet Bet to the tensions between Russia and Ukraine."The families of the Israeli diplomats are due to evacuate this morning. We have prepared for this and they are all ready to leave. There are close to 20 people. Everyone will arrive in Israel today," said the ambassador. "We will be very organized to leave the country. We estimate that there are about ten thousand Israelis here. I hope that everyone will listen to our recommendation and in a very short period of time will leave the country. We, the envoys, remain here to help in any eventuality."