The National Health Institute (Bituach Leumi) reports that between 200-300,000 Israelis will return to vacation without pay status due to the holiday lockdown at a cost of 920 million to 1.4 billion shekels.The Institute also noted that there has been a sharp rise in the number of bankruptcies as well as disability claims In the part of those infected with the coronavirus while In the job.

A protest to return the bodies of Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul who were killed in the 2014 Gaza War was joined by former supreme court justice Elyakim Rubenstein.At a protest held opposite the Gaza Strip, Rubenstein delivered the following message: "The state violates its obligation to us in not acting to return Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul. This is a moral and judicial obligation and the state has the judicial tools to act in the international arena and bring about the desired outcome."

Following scathing criticism of his decision to fly to Washington DC next week in a private aircraft, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has rethought his plan and now intends to make the trip In a regular El Al aircraft.The premier and his wife will be heading to the United States next week, for the official signing ceremony of the treaty between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.

Following criticism, Netanyahu and his wife drop request for private jet to Washington for signing of deal with UAE.

We don't know why G-d created the world, nor why He gave us free will, but we can hopefully see and understand the gift of T'shuva.(Arutz Sheva"s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically In all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)

New national lockdown could include total ban In all air travel to and from Israel, senior Health Ministry official says.

An eight-day-old baby boy was brought to Ziv hospital in Tzfat, bleeding in the region of his brit milah which had just taken place. Hospital doctors examined the baby and determined that the nature of the wound he had sustained necessitated an immediate operation to save his life. However, the parents of the baby then grabbed the child and fled from the hospital, before the operation could be performed.Hospital authorities have notified the police.

Israir has hired a Boeing 777 aircraft from a Spanish aviation company in order to fly the Israeli delegation to Washington next week, for the signing of the Israel-UAE accords at the White House.The airplane will be staffed by both Israir and Spanish flight crews.