An El Al airplane that took off from Ben Gurion Airport was forced to make a swift emergency landing after a malfunction, according to a report In Channel 12 News.The report added that the pilot made two attempts to take off successfully before giving up. The passengers were then transferred to a different aircraft.

Blaming the FSB for the heavy loses Russia is taking in Ukraine, Putin has begun purging the intelligence agency, firing 150 agents.

A 12-year-old boy has been killed in a tractor accident at the Alumot junction in Emek Hayarden.The boy was evacuated to Poriya hospital near Tiberias where staff were forced to declare his death.The boy's father sustained moderate injuries in the accident and is being treated in hospital.

Minister Yoav Seglovitz has been diagnosed with COVID-19

According to police, an eye-witness has described a black man, height about 5"5, in an orange vest, dropping what looked like a canister at the scene before fleeing.

Stern celebrated his bar mitzvah 78 years late in 2019 after surviving Auschwitz.

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Public Security Minister Omer Barlev has offered his congratulations to the police officer who was wounded this morning in an operation which ended in the neutralization of a terrorist in Ashkelon."You acted with bravery and determination and are deserving of our admiration," Barlev said. "With your own body, you stopped a terrorist and prevented him from perpetrating an attack."You and our other police officers are a defensive wall against terrorism and the citizens of Israel are counting In you. I am proud of you."