According to Haaretz reporter Aron Rabinowitz, the personal driver of Harav Chaim Kanievsky, the leading rabbi in the Lithuanian haredi community, was diagnosed with coronavirus In the day before Yom Kippur. Now several of the rabbi's grandsons and other relatives including two who come into daily contact with the rabbi have also received positive test results.A spokesman from the rabbi's residence clarified that anyone who felt virus symptoms immediately went into self-isolation, and that all those who continue to come into contact with the rabbi have already recovered from the virus.

Prof. Hagai Levy, head of the Association of Public Health Physicians, said In Wednesday that the lockdown causes great harm to citizens."We have a government that causes enormous damage. We are suffocating Israeli society without any logic. It is clear that it serves other, political purposes," Levy said in an interview In Galei Tzahal (Army Radio).

The US State Department has approved the potential sale of two types of fighter jets and several Patriot missile systems to Switzerland as the country modernizes its military, the Pentagon said In Wednesday.The State Department also approved the potential sale of 40 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet jets, spares munitions and training as well as related equipment for an estimated cost of $7.45 billion.

US and Israel must ponder if Sudan capable of transformation to a democratic civilian government.

The United Arab Emirates has announced its candidacy for a non-permanent seat In the United Nations Security Council for the 2022-2023 term, state media said, according to AFP.In June 2021, the UN General Assembly will elect five member states to serve In the Security Council, which has a total of 10 non-permanent members who serve overlapping two-year terms.

Speaking In Galei Tzahal this morning, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein revealed that he had asked Prof. Ronni Gamzu to remain in his current position as coronavirus project manager beyond the end of October, when he is due to leave the post."I don't know about any approach made to Moshe Bar Siman Tov," he said, referring to the former director-general of the Health Ministry who served in that position during the first wave of the virus. "I appointed Gamzu, and I will also appoint his successor if he decides to resign."

Leading rabbis Rabbi Kanievsky and Rabbi Edelstein release instructions In communal conduct during the holiday in light of coronavirus.

Dr. Assaf Miller, head of the coronavirus intensive care ward at Rambam hospital in Haifa, told Galei Tzahal this morning that he is concerned that a rise in virus cases will lead to a decline in the quality of care provided."Our staff is overstretched," he said. "We're going to reach the point where the staff-to-patient ratio is not sufficient for providing the best level of care and the results could be horrendous. This is what most concerns me."