Arabs destroyed hundreds of avocado trees and irrigation pipes in Kibbutz Hokuk during the night of Yom Kippur.According to Kan News, their intention was to demand protection money in return for refraining from future attacks.

Senior officials within the health system have expressed their frustration with the current coronavirus project manager, Prof. Salman Zarka, criticizing his management of the crisis, the spike in the number of cases, and his handling of the issue of returnees from Uman after Rosh Hashanah.The Maariv newspaper quotes Ine senior official as saying, "This manager is a complicated person, and we're having real difficulty accepting his authority, which he wields very often. There's a lot of tension, and people are feeling it. For Ine, he and the head of Public Health Services, Sharon Alray-Price, don't see eye-to-eye, and the same holds true with the director-general of the Health Ministry, Prof. Nachman Ash. The net result is that the public has little faith in regulations that change In a regular basis."In response to the published criticisms, the Health Ministry issued a statement saying: "We have excellent relations with Prof. Zarka, and we work effectively together. His contribution to our management of the epidemic is immense."

Around 3000 health sector workers in France continue to refuse to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to media reports.They have all been sent In unpaid leave, until they agree to be vaccinated.

The first convoy of trucks bringing Iranian petroleum has reached Lebanon.The convoy was organized by the Hezbollah terrorist organization, and is in blatant violation of sanctions imposed In Iran due to its non-compliance with restrictions placed In its development of nuclear fuel.

Dr. Dror Dicker, the director of the coronavirus department in Hasharon hospital, told Reshet Bet this morning that it is vital to ensure that the influenza virus does not begin to spread alongside coronavirus."Almost all the people we have hospitalized, between the ages of 20 and 90, are not fully vaccinated," he said. "This is very problematic, as we're seeing very tough cases among this group, tougher than we've seen in previous waves of the virus."Dicker added that, "Fortunately, last year we didn't have cases of coronavirus coupled with influenza, but we're very worried about this coming year. If people start arriving in hospital with both viruses, we'll run out of beds. That's why getting vaccinated is critical."

Israel is vulnerable to criticism, but the Palestinian Arabs are far worse."Drive Israelis into the sea" is hardly a call for peace.Op-ed.

Police, local authorities, and emergency services are preparing for a rainy winter with flooding, officer says.

A man has sustained mild injuries after being stabbed in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Givat Shaul.It appears that the stabbing was criminally motivated.