Woman who recently returned from South Africa is 2nd case of new COVID strain which has world spooked in Israel.

Joint access works in Hebron, but not In the Temple Mount. The reason is clear.

The government has announced temporary transit reforms for Ben-Gurion Airport. From midnight Inwards arriving passengers will not be able to board trains and buses, and must depart from the airport by private car or special taxi.

US President Joe Biden sent a "Happy Hanukkah" message to the Jewish people. On his Twitter account, he wrote: "Chanukah is a story that is based In the heart of the human spirit - essentially Jewish but also American."

In holiday message, President Biden calls Hanukkah "a story of the human spirit," wishes Jews a happy Hanukkah.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett lit the first Hanukkah candle at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. The event took place in the presence of the Western Wall Rabbi, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, and the Director General of the Western Wall Heritage Foundation, Mordechai Eliav. Prior to the lighting, the Prime Minister toured the "Great Bridge" route, the route of the new Western Wall tunnels that has not yet been unveiled to the public, which led pilgrims into the Temple during the Second Temple period.

A new poll gives Likud 35 seats, Yesh Atid 19, Shas 9, Blue and White 8, Labor 7, Religious Zionism 7, Joint List 7, United Torah Judaism 7, Yisrael Beiteinu 7, United Arab List 6, Yamina 4, Meretz 4, and New Hope 0. This gives the opposition block 58 seats, the coalition 55, and the Joint List neutral with 7.

A 15-year-old boy was hit by a vehicle while riding a scooter In Dolev Street in Caesarea. MDA medics evacuated him to Hillel Yaffe Hospital with head and limb injuries.