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A four-year-old Israeli child from Jerusalem tested positive for polio after it was revealed he was not vaccinated against the life-threatening disease, the Health Ministry said on Sunday.

TEL AVIV — Yad Vashem, Israel’s official Holocaust memorial and museum, is embroiled in controversy after attempting to intervene in planned sanctions against Israeli Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, owner of the Chelsea Premier League soccer team and a longtime supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Israel’s government estimates that around 10,000 Ukrainians will immigrate to Israel in the coming weeks according to The Jerusalem Post.

Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu and attorney-general Avichai Mandelblit are close to reaching a deal that would see the former prime minister leave politics, media reports claimed on Thursday.

Israel could successfully strike Iran’s nuclear program tomorrow if necessary, incoming commander of the Israel Air Force (IAF) Maj.-Gen. Tomer Bar said in an interview published on Wednesday.

A Syrian soldier was killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike targeting sites in southern Syria on Wednesday night, according to the Syrian state news agency SANA. Material damage was also reported.

Israel is preparing for an aerial training mission that will simulate an attack on Iran‘s nuclear facilities, as the country’s defence chiefs meet with their US counterparts to plan their next moves should negotiation with Tehran fail.

The Israeli Health Ministry’s coronavirus vaccination committee voted Wednesday night to administer a third shot of the Pfizer vaccine to elderly people who are more susceptible to developing serious disease.

The Israeli army said Thursday it demolished the home of a Palestinian woman with US citizenship whose estranged husband stands accused of fatally shooting a Jewish student in the occupied West Bank.

Researchers working in Israel have identified a previously unknown type of ancient human that lived alongside our species more than 100,000 years ago.