Category: Israel

Israel Lowers Age of Eligibility for COVID-19 Vaccine Booster to 30: Health Ministry

Israel expanded its COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to those over 30 years old on Tuesday, broadening its booster campaign amid a surge in the Delta variant. A statement from the Health Ministry said its decision to lower the age of eligibility for a third dose of the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine from 40 to 30 followed a…


Israel Carries Out Strikes on Hamas Sites in Gaza

The Israeli military announced that it carried out strikes against four sites occupied by Hamas in the Gaza Strip in response to arson balloons and the firing of machine guns at Israel by the Islamist terrorist group. “All summer, Hamas launched arson balloons from Gaza into Israel. In response to Hamas’ renewed attacks today, we…


More Than Half of Israeli COVID-19 Patients Vaccinated as ‘Breakthrough Cases’ Rise

In Israel’s COVID-19 wards, nearly 60 percent of the country’s 514 patients hospitalized with severe or critical CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus symptoms are fully vaccinated, according to an Aug. 16 report. The figures were reported as doctors are continually learning which vaccinated patients are most vulnerable to severe illness, amid growing concerns about instances…


More Than Half of Seriously Ill COVID-19 Patients in Israel Are Fully Vaccinated

In Israel’s COVID-19 wards, nearly 60 percent of the country’s 514 patients who are currently hospitalized with severe or critical CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus symptoms are fully vaccinated, according to an Aug. 16 report. The figures were reported as doctors are continually learning which vaccinated patients are most vulnerable to severe illness, amid growing concerns about…


Gaza Militants Fire Rocket at Israel, Israeli Military Says

JERUSALEM—Militants in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket at Israel on Monday that was intercepted by the Iron Dome anti-missile system, the military said, in the first such attack since an 11-day war in May. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the launching, which Israel’s Kan Radio said could be a response by…


Israel Condemns Poland Restitution Law, Recalls Top Diplomat

WARSAW, Poland—Israel on Saturday condemned Poland’s approval of a law that restricts the rights of Holocaust survivors or their descendants to reclaim property seized by the country’s former communist regime and announced it was recalling its top diplomat in protest. The move ignited a diplomatic crisis between Israel’s new government and the nationalist conservative government…


Israel, Morocco to Upgrade Relations, Open Embassies, Israeli FM Says

RABAT—Israel and Morocco plan to upgrade their restored diplomatic relations and open embassies within two months, Israel’s foreign minister said during a visit to the North African kingdom on Thursday. Morocco was one of four Arab countries—along with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Sudan—to move towards normalizing relations with Israel last year under U.S.-engineered…


Israel Tightens Coronavirus Restrictions as New Cases Surge

JERUSALEM—Israel’s government on Wednesday advanced a raft of new coronavirus restrictions, including sweeping implementation of a digital vaccine passport and tighter restrictions on mass gatherings, as the country struggles with skyrocketing new infections. The country that had appeared to put the coronavirus pandemic behind it a few months ago after one of the biggest vaccine…


Israeli Prime Minister: Lebanon Responsible for Attacks, Hezbollah or Not

TEL AVIV, Israel—Israel’s prime minister said Sunday he holds the Lebanese government responsible for rocket fire launched from its territory, whether the Hezbollah terrorist group launched the weapons or not. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s comments came days after one of the heaviest flareups in violence between Israel and Hezbollah in several years and indicated Israel…


Hezbollah Terrorists Launch Barrage of Rockets Into Israel as ‘Retaliation’

Lebanese terrorists confirmed on Friday it has launched a heavy barrage of rockets as a response to attacks at an artillery launch site in southern Lebanon by the Israeli military a day earlier. Hezbollah, an Iran-backed designated terrorist organization, said in a statement the attack with nearly 20 rockets was a retaliation to Thursday’s Israeli airstrikes, which…