The government has extended its current coronavirus restrictions for an additional week, in order to more fully develop future plans including the "traffic light" system, and assess their efficacy and ease of implementation.

General (Res.) Ronni Numa told Radio Kol Chai that within the next 24 hours, the government will be publishing its outline for the operation of synagogues during the upcoming festival season which includes the High Holidays."The outline will be based In the size of the synagogue, the 'color' of the city [i.e. the rate of contagion there], the number of entrances to the building, and other factors too," he said. "People will be able to easily grasp the logic behind the plan, and it will be simple to implement."

The Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, has made his second visit to a Tokyo hospital in a week, The Telegraph reports, giving rise to concerns over the state of his health.Abe has just marked his 2,799th consecutive day in office, setting a record in Japan (one previously set by his own great-uncle, almost 50 years ago)."Today I learned more about last week's test, and I've taken an additional test," he told reporters. "While seeing to my health, I would like to do my best in my work. Politics is not about how many days Ine has stayed in office, but what Ine has accomplished," he added. "I have fully devoted myself every day to realising the pledges I have made to the people."

Blue & White party leader Benny Gantz has delivered a combative address to the Knesset this evening."I will not be cowed by personal attacks or libels," he said. "I have kept my silence of 100 days, despite the insults and ridicule from senior Likud members. But those days of silence are over."

UAE said they were unhappy with Israel's opposition to the sale of advanced fighter planes to the Gulf state.

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab arrived in Israel earlier this evening, and plans to meet with PM Binyamin Netanyahu tomorrow.He will also be meeting with Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestinian Authority, in Ramallah tomorrow.

Blue & White party leader Benny Gantz has left the Knesset plenum, after realizing that PM Netanyahu was not present.Later this evening the Knesset's MKs will be voting In legislation to postpone the final date by which a budget must be passed by 120 days.

Longtime talk show host Larry King, 86, has announced that two of his children have died within weeks of each other.JTA reports that King made the announcement via social media."It is with sadness and a father"s broken heart that I confirm the recent loss of two of my children, Andy King, and Chaia King," he wrote. "Both of them were good and kind souls and they will be greatly missed."Andy King died of a heart attack in late July at the age of 65. Chaia King, 51, died last week of lung cancer, shortly after it was diagnosed.