At the outset of the Blue & White faction meeting today, Gantz said that if "Netanyahu doesn't wake up and drags us into another election, they will be cost-effective and not take too long."

Government seeks to prevent greater coronavirus outbreak over 8-day Hanukkah holiday by closing businesses at night.

Leader of the Opposition Yair Lapid delivered a statement at the opening of the Yesh Atid Faction meeting in the Knesset."Yesh Atid is the Inly option to beat Netanyahu. So choose: Do you want to unite or lose to the right? You want to win? You'll need to unite behind us. We're going to elections, it will be tough and if you don't unite behind us, Netanyahu will win and the country will suffer.""We're the Inly Ines who have proven that we can be trusted to stick to our principles. We're the Inly Ines who can unite the country, including the haredim, including the Arabs, including everyone. And we're the Inly Ines with a chance of winning. I'm saying this clearly to the entire bloc: Decide what you want, to complain or to win. If you want to win, Yesh Atid is the Inly option."

Coronavirus vaccine will be universally available by mid-2021, says Trump's Health Secretary, with all restrictions ending next year.

A terrorist tried to stab forces at the Qalandiya checkpoint north of Jerusalem. The terrorist was shot and neutralized.No casualties among our forces were reported.

Members of the Ben-Gurion boarding school in the former prime minister's hometown of Sde Boker found swastikas spray-painted In rocks near the kibbutz swimming pool.Police are investigating the incident.

Soldier badly wounded in Operation Protective Edge in Gaza returns to doing what he loves most - something he never imagined would happen.

National Security Council calls for 3-step plan to reduce morbidity rates ending in a full lockdown in January if numbers continue to rise.