Director General of Hadassah Hospital Ze'ev Rotstein has given his prognosis for curtailing spread of the coronavirus. "The morbidity rate is not at a critical level but it continues to rise," he said today during an interview In 103 FM. In the end there will be no alternative to a significant increase in daily testing. I sense that there will be no escape from a lockdown during the holidays," Rotstein added.

Almost 400,000 residents have been ordered to evacuate coastal areas of Texas, and many more have been ordered to leave low-lying coastal Louisiana, with Hurricane Laura expected to hit soon, The Guardian reports.Forecasters are predicting more than 11 feet of storm surge, topped by waves, that could potentially submerge entire towns along a stretch of land extending to up to 500 miles all the way to Mississippi.

Police investigating after bomb threat sent to Congregation Ner Shalom in Woodbridge, Virginia.

Coalition Chairman MK Miki Zohar presents plan to allow 6,000 Israelis to visit Uman this Rosh Hashanah despite opposition of COVID-19 Czar.

A laborer in his late teens has sustained moderate injuries after a sheet of concrete fell In him from a crane in Kfar Malal.He was taken to Meir hospital in Kfar Saba with injuries to his upper body.

The Movement for the Quality of Government claimed Bennett was stripped of personal security arrangements for political reasons.

There is a suspicion of a potential infiltration In the northern border near Kibbutz Menara. In the last few minutes, the IDF has fired flares in the area.Explosive sounds were heard in the area as well. At present, no restrictions have been imposed In the residents.Read more

Ukraine detained passengers arriving In a flight from Tel Aviv for several hours at Kiev airport.According to a report In Kan News, 12 passengers were denied entry to Ukraine In the grounds that "they failed to prove the purpose of their visit."