The Knesset plenum has approved, in its first reading, the extension of the Coronavirus Law until December 2022. 35 voted for and 6 against. The proposal will be sent to the Constitution Committee.

The Israeli couple arrested in Turkey has been permitted a visit from an Israeli lawyer.

A 54-year-old Holon resident was arrested by police In suspicion of assaulting several children between four and six years old in a kindergarten.

A car has caught fire in Route 1 near Ben-Gurion Airport. No Ine was injured in the incident. Firefighters have arrived and are containing the incident with minimal impact In traffic.

IDF lookouts and forces of the Central Unit of the Israel Police In Monday identified two suspects along the border area with Jordan with weapons in their possession.IDF fighters and police officers operating in the area arrested the two suspected smugglers and found 11 different weapons: Eight pistols, two Kalashnikov rifles and an M16 weapon.Read more

Ambassador Mike Herzog landed in Washington In Friday and officially assumed office as Ambassador of Israel to the United States In Monday.

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met this evening (Monday) with US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas Greenfeld. This is the ambassador's first visit to Israel.At the beginning of the meeting, Minister Lapid said: "America's ambassador to the UN is known as a true friend of Israel, who fights shoulder to shoulder with us in Ine of the most complicated forums in the international community. This membership is based not Inly In common interests but also In common values and a common worldview. We thank the ambassador for the visit and are happy to host her in Israel. "

The lawyer representing the couple arrested in Turkey reports that they 'were in tears at hearing someone speaking Hebrew."