Palestinian health ministry says the carrier is a Gaza resident who was infected within the coastal territory; with a population of 2.2 million people, Gaza so far has registered some 189,837 COVID-19 infected and 1,691 deaths

Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz says comments made by lawmaker Gadi Yevarkan regarding Israel's Green Pass policy are 'sickening' and border on Holocaust denial

NIS-1-billion outline aims to build 7,300 homes in contested region over a five-year period, as well as housing, infrastructure and other projects to attract roughly 23,000 new Jewish settlers to area; 'Golan Heights are Israeli, this is self-evident,' Bennett says

Clashes come in wake of Palestinian riot spurred by march of thousands of settlers to the illegal outpost of Homesh, where a yeshiva student was gunned down; 10 rioters reportedly hurt by live fire; one IDF soldier also lightly hurt

South Africa's Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice died peacefully in Cape Town; retired Anglican Archbishop was ardent supporter of anti-Israel international boycott; urged Israelis to forgive the Nazis

Speaking at a special cabinet session being held at Kibbutz Mevo Hama, Bennett says move was prompted by war in Syria, which made idea of Israeli control of contested territory more acceptable to its international allies