Two years into the pandemic, the country counts 9,013 coronavirus fatalities, 86 of which were added to the tally over the past 24; daily cases top 40,000 for 24th day running

The Olympic Games in Beijing set to be attended by a few Israeli athletes, including European silver medalist skater Alexei Bychenko, Orthodox Jewish athlete Hailey Kops, who made Aliyah a decade ago, and the skiing Szollos siblings

PA says there are over 70,000 active cases in West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza, as hospitals report being at some 85% capacity; at least 4,859 died in West Bank and Gaza since start of pandemic

Health Ministry data shows more people died on a single day this week that during the entire month of December; most of the recent fatalities of COVID-19 over the age of 80

Haredi community refuses to donate blood because the forms of the donation changed the categories to 'parent 1' and 'parent 2', instead of 'mother' and 'father'; "What does that have to do with donating blood?' liberal rabbi asks