The Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Ministry of Health warn of high to very high air pollution levels in the Negev and the Arava as well as high air pollution in Gush Dan, Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, the Jordan Valley, the Judean Foothills and the coastal plain. This is due to high concentrations of particles. In the other areas, moderate air pollution is forecast.A gradual improvement in air quality is expected to occur during Friday, from the afternoon. In the Negev and Arava there will be an improvement in air quality during the evening hours.The Ministry of Environmental Protection, together with the Ministry of Health, recommends that sensitive populations - including those with heart complications, lung complications, the elderly, children and pregnant women - avoid strenuous physical activity outside. For the general population it is recommended to reduce strenuous exercise outside.

An MDA bloodmobile caught fire near the MDA national dispatch in Kiryat Ono. The circumstances of the incident are being investigated by a fire investigator.

After previously saying it would delay price increase by three months, Osem backtracks and cancels move altogether.

For the first time, MK from the coalition publicly expresses support for the repeal of the Disengagement Law.

The US In Thursday accused the Kremlin of an elaborate plot to fabricate an attack by Ukrainian forces that Russia could use as a pretext to take military action against its neighbor, The Associated Press reported.Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the scheme included production of a graphic propaganda video that would show staged explosions and use corpses and actors depicting grieving mourners.

He was doing them a favor. And it is still doing a favor for Jews in requesting their help in building Torah in the land of Israel..

Israeli vaccine regulators may soon began deliberations In COVID vaccines for kids as young as six months, as FDA decision expected in weeks

Last night (Thursday), the Jerusalem police arrested 11 participants in a protest over the death of Ahuvya Sandak at the Chords Bridge in Jerusalem. Among the detainees were a number of minors as young as 14. Hundreds of demonstrators participated in the demonstration some blocked the entrance to Jerusalem several times. All detainees were released under various restrictive conditions. One of the detainees refused to sign In the restrictions presented to her as a gesture of protest against police conduct towards demonstrators and will be brought to a magistrate's court in Jerusalem for a hearing in the near future. Representatives from the Honeneu legal aid organization are helping her with her case.