Israeli officials reported 3,269 new COVID-19 infections over the past day. The positive test rate stands at approximately 3.3%.237 patients are in serious condition. There amount of patients In ventilators has sunk to 48 in the meantime.

Health Ministry reports: Second consecutive day with over 3,000 new coronavirus cases.

The Palestinian Authority"s (PA) "ministry of foreign affairs" In Tuesday denounced Slovak Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok"s announcement In his ministry's intention to open a cultural center in Jerusalem, the Wafa news agency reports.The PA bureau"s undersecretary, Amal Jado, denounced during a telephone call with Political Director of the Slovak Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Roman Buzec, the announcement as a violation of international law, relevant United Nations resolutions and the unified position of the European Union regarding opening official diplomatic offices in Jerusalem.

Belarussian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya said she hoped to continue her career overseas following a dramatic turn of events in which she fled her team after facing threats for criticizing team officials.After receiving a humanitarian visa from Poland, the athlete boarded a plane for Vienna Wednesday morning.Team officials "made it clear that, upon return home, I would definitely face some form of punishment," she said."There were...thinly disguised hints that more would await me," she told the Associated Press in an interview from Tokyo.

Officials in Thailand reported 20,200 new COVID cases alongside 188 virus-related deaths.This brings the death toll in the country to 5,503 since the beginning of the crisis.

Archaeologists reveal layer of destruction pointing to massive earthquake that rocked the Kingdom of Judah, toppled Jerusalem's walls.

As Israel enforces new restrictions following an increase in COVID cases, the country may be headed for yet another lockdown.

The Economic Department of the State Attorney's Office filed an indictment in the Nazareth Magistrate's Court against former MK Hanin Zoabi and 12 other defendants, some of them former senior officials in the Balad party, In fraud and forgery charges.