Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump will meet for the fourth time in Davos on Thursday during the World Economic Forum and will both present keynote speeches.

Israel was ranked as the 10th most innovative country in the 2018 Bloomberg Innovation Index published on Tuesday, scoring high in the research and development, researcher concentration and high-tech density categories.

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A deadly car crash involving an Israeli family and Palestinians took place on Tuesday evening, likely due to weather conditions. Two Israeli children and one Palestinian were killed in the crash near Shavei Shomron.

The controversial Muezzin Bill limiting loudspeakers for religious purposes is to be discussed again in Knesset to move forward towards implementation. Protests and outcry against the bill have taken place within Israel and abroad.

In a statement on Tuesday, the Joint Task Force announced that it eliminated about 150 ISIS terrorists in precision airstrikes on the terror groups headquarters on Saturday. No civilians were harmed in the strike, the force said.

After chief rabbi of Safed Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu called for the dismissal of IDFs chief of staff due to the recruitment of female combat soldiers, IDF Spokesperson Ronen Manelis denounced his statements on Wednesday and emphasized: “IDF combat soldiers have one mission - security.”

The Turkish military said on Tuesday that it had killed at least 260 Kurdish fighters and ISIS terrorists in its operation in northern Syria. A Syrian Democratic Forces official speaking to Reuters denied the claims and said that the number of casualties was exaggerated and that ISIS was not present