Israel prepares to welcome vaccinated tourists back amid omicron outbreak, logs record 18,780 new COVID infections and a rise in severe cases

The number of seriously ill COVID patients has tripled in 18 days ■ 14 percent of Israelis over 20 are unvaccinated, yet they account for 50 percent of serious cases

The frustration of the Israeli public grows amid ever-changing COVID regulations, a shift to the less-reliable antigen tests, and long lines at testing facilities across the country

Parts that took less than a month to get into Gaza now take up to five months, leading to breakdowns, releasing sewage to the sea and reducing the quality of drinking water

The Education Ministry failed to implement necessary changes when the school system was faced with COVID-induced problems, report concludes

Transcripts obtained by Haaretz reveal that the deputy prison commissioner disobeyed an order to block cellphone service in Gilboa Prison, a move which assisted six Palestinian prisoners escape in September

The army, rebel groups, political parties and representatives from protest movements in Sudan will be invited to the UN talks in a bid to get the transition to 'democracy and peace' back on track after the October coup