A 46-year-old man has drowned off the Keshatot beach in Ashdod. He is in moderate condition.MDA paramedics and responders provided him with first aid and transported him to Ashdod's Assuta hospital.

Jared Kushner, adviser and son-in-law to US President Donald Trump, has offered his congratulations to the government of Israel and the leadership of the UAE In the historic agreement reached between them today."I would like to offer my congratulations to the peoples of Israel and the United Arab Emirates," he said. "Talks have been going In for more than a year and half," he revealed.

Minister of Health and member of the government's State Security Cabinet Yuli Edelstein has congratulated the government In its reaching of an agreement with the United Arab Emirates.However, he also expressed his concern that this signifies not merely a postponement but a cancellation of the government's plan to apply sovereignty to Judea and Samaria."I commend the Prime Minister for this important agreement between Israel and the UAE," he said, "and especially for the great efforts put into cooperation between the two countries toward developing a vaccine for the coronavirus."Nonetheless," he continued, "application of sovereignty in Judea, Samaria, and the Jordan Valley is no less important to the Israeli people. We must not let normalization [with the UAE] override the application of Israeli law [in those areas]. We promised 1.3 million Likud voters that there would be sovereignty, and we have to abide by our promise," he insisted.

Prime Minister Netanyahu rejected claims Thursday that the provision in the new UAE-Israel peace deal requiring Israel to suspend its sovereignty plan marked the end of his bid to extend Israeli law over parts of Judea and Samaria.

Former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon has commended the government In its reaching of an accord with the UAE."I congratulate the Prime Minister In leading us toward this important agreement," Danon said. "During my tenure as Israel's ambassador to the UN, I visited the UAE and cooperated with them In the issue of preventing Iran from obtaining atomic weapons."All the same," he added, "we must not let this impact our plans to apply sovereignty [to Judea and Samaria], which is something we should be doing now - immediately."

Commenting In the decision of Israel to postpone sovereignty in return for an accord with the UAE, Jared Kushner, adviser and son-in-law to US President Donald Trump, said: "I hope that the fact that Israel is not taking a provocative step In annexatio in the West Bank will allow the Palestinians to go back to the negotiating table."Kushner added that, "I think that Israel should now be focusing In developing ties with the Arab world. It's still going to take some time for this peace accord to come into practise."

A 25-year-old man is in serious condition after falling from a height in Eilat.MDA paramedics and responders treated him at the scene of the incident and transported him to Yoseftal hospital.

US Secretary of State "hopes brave step will be first in series of agreements that end 72 years of hostilities."