Welfare and Social Services Minister Haim Katz and his polo shirt apparently crossed the line at the Knesset.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the Syrian conflict now in its sixth year, says the pilot of the MIG Syrian warplane was killed.

Both soldier and terrorist have been transported to a hospital.

One day earlier, Israeli rower Moran Samuel also took home a bronze.

Lapid decried, however, a political system which he said does not deal with national problems at hand, citing the combustible ammonia tank in Haifa and the recent transportation debacle as examples.

Following the cabinet meeting he held security consultations about the situation with Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, and top police, Shin Bet, and IDF officials.

Finding compatible bone marrow could save the lives of a toddler and a 31-year-old father, both named Adam.

The Hashemite Kingdom is set to hold parliamentary elections this week.