The extraordinary rebuke, weighing in on the White House post-election transition fray, came in an open letter from three leading healthcare organizations.

Initial reports from Syria indicate three Syrian militants killed and one injured.

The single-use test has been given emergency use authorization for home use with self-collected nasal swab samples.

“I call upon the Israeli government to reverse this decision and to halt all settlement construction,” Ireland's Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said.

Gulf Air flight GF972 - a reference to Israel's telephone country code - took off from Manama airport in the morning bound for Tel Aviv.

Israel's Deputy State Attorney reportedly believed that the charges against Harow were serious enough that jail time should be part of the deal.

The move is the latest nuclear standoff escalation by Iran with the US, Israel and their allies.

"Dear Likudnikim who stood outside our window, our Tom was killed for you too. We all deserve better," Anat Farkash said to the protesters.