Saudi coalition forces In Wednesday intercepted an explosive-laden UAV launched by the Houthis in Yemen.Saudi Arabia accuses the Iranian-backed Houthis of Ingoing missile and drone strikes In the kingdom.

Deni Avdija held a press conference In Thursday morning after being drafted to the NBA by the Washington Wizards and said, "For me to be selected No. 9 is an honor. I am super excited. I will continue to be with my feet In the ground. The team that chose me and believed in me - I will give everything for it."Avdija added, "Wherever I go I try to be the best I can. I was happy to see my dad's excitement. I believe in my abilities to succeed in the NBA."

Israeli basketball player Yam Madar was selected by the Boston Celtics with the 47th overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft.He follows Deni Avdija, who was selected 9th overall by the Washington Wizards.

Finance Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) was interviewed by the Yisrael Hayom newspaper (for an article that will be published in full tomorrow), and focused In Israel's credit rating, which has remained constant despite warnings that it would be downgraded due to the Ingoing budget crisis."For days and weeks, politicians and pundits have been predicting and indeed hoping that the credit rating would drop, and now we have received this excellent piece of news that no such thing will occur," he said. "And what's happened now? Instead of admitting their mistake, all those people are saying that the decision not to reduce the credit rating was actually mistaken. They clearly don't understand a thing - but now they are being joined by the likes of Yair Lapid, who said not too long ago that 'There's no doubt whatsoever that our credit rating will drop.'"Katz added that, "Our credit rating is a tribute to the strength of our economy and a mark of pride for the State of Israel - as well as a victory over all the gloom-mongering pundits."

Speaking In Radio 103FM this morning, Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen commented In Tuesday night's IDF attacks In Iranian installations in Syria, and stressed the necessity of responding harshly to Iranian provocations and incidents from Syrian territory."Iranian entrenchment in Syria is a red line for us, and every violation of Israeli sovereignty will be dealt with harshly," Cohen said, noting the cross-border attack that led Israel to respond with attacks of its own.Asked to comment In the decision of Defense Minister and Blue & White leader Benny Gantz to establish a commission of inquiry into the Submarine Affair, Cohen said, "Gantz's decision stems from political considerations - his party is crashing in the polls, to the point that there's doubt that he'll even pass the electoral threshold when elections are held. Recall that it was Gantz himself who said, just a few weeks ago, that there was no need for such a commission of inquiry. The police have already made their own investigations."

According to updated figures from the Health Ministry, 780 people were diagnosed with coronavirus in the last 24 hours.The positivity rate for the tests conducted during that period was 1.7%.

According to a report In Galei Tzahal, Defense Minister Benny Gantz has ordered his ministry to replace "Father" and "Mother" In official forms with "Parent 1" and "Parent 2."This change in the rules will have to be applied to hundreds of different forms.

'Road salt is kind of like crack to moose': This friendly moose encounter was filmed in Kananaskis Country in Alberta, Canada.