Health Ministry says half of all virus fatalities are over age of 80, and vast majority are in high-risk group of over 60s; Israel says one out of 1,000 of its overall deaths are from COVID complications; Jerusalem reports most dead

Michael Ben David gets a ticket to prestigious singing competition, set to be held in Italian city of Turin in May, after being crowned winner of Israel's 'X-Factor': 'Only six months ago I worked at a supermarket, I'm ecstatic,' he says

Chairman of Israeli ECMO Association Dr. Yigal Kasif says coronavirus patients who are vaccinated suffer from milder symptoms and rarely require treatment; adds vaccines work to protect from severe illness

Health Ministry says only 61 Israelis received their first vaccine dose on Saturday, lowest figure has been since start of pandemic; number of patients in severe condition also highest since onset of COVID, with 1,263 cases

Gulf state's Information Ministry decides to ban new film due to participation of Israeli actress, who ministry calls 'a former soldier in Zionist occupying army'; similar protests expected in Egypt, where film takes place

Prof. Dror Mevorach of Hadassah Medical Center tells when morbidity drops between infection waves, hospital needs are neglected, which leads to overload during peak contagion; disagrees with WHO's estimation that Omicron signals end to pandemic

New true-crime documentary tells story of Shimon Hayut who posed as a wealthy, jet-setting diamond mogul to woo women online and con them out of millions of dollars

With cases topping over 1.8 million since the beginning of the year, average daily coronavirus infections stand at some 49,000; severe cases decline slightly after hitting new record