The religious kibbutz movement is mourning the passing of Lt. Col. (Res.) Dr. Nahum Baruchi, an educator, historian, and soldier, and the movement's former director The movement's secretary general, Sarah Evron, said, "Nahum taught us to walk the paths of this country, and to tell the story of its establishment, our story. The name he chose for his book, For the Land, is the essence of his worldview: giving and doing. "

Maccabi Health Services has announced that so far more than 26,000 patients have booked an appointment to vaccinate children aged 11-5 against COVID-19, equivalent to 10.5% of all those eligible for the vaccine.

The decision In whether or not to launch an operation to bring Jews from Ethiopia to Israel will be brought to the government for approval tomorrow.

The condition of the 10-year-old who was injured In Thursday evening in a car accident in Yavneh continues to worsen.

Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked announced In the "Meet the Press" television program that the government intends to shorten Daylight Savings Time by three weeks.

The Prime Minister and the Minister of Health have agreed that Israel will be closed to foreigners for two weeks,

Likud Mk Miri Regev continues to attack Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked. "She will continue to be proud of stealing right-wing votes, providing electricity to criminals in the Negev, and writing off debts to Abbas' friends," Regev accused.

Two cases of the new South African variant, dubbed the "Omicron" variant, have been identified in the UK, that country's health secretary said, according to BBC. Those cases were linked to travel to southern Africa, and the families are isolating.Also In Saturday a minister in Germany's Hesse state said that several cases of the variant were suspected in the area, and that a full sequencing was underway. Those cases as well were linked to travel to southern Africa.The new variant has also been identified in Botswana, South Africa, Israel, Belgium, and Hong Kong.