A 15-year-old boy was hit by a vehicle while riding a scooter In Dolev Street in Caesarea. MDA medics evacuated him to Hillel Yaffe Hospital with head and limb injuries.

Minister Matan Kahana announces legislation to protect freedom of speech of municipal rabbis. MK Bezalel Smotrich says he will support it.

The Chief Rabbi of Netanya, Rabbi Kalman Bar, lit Hanukkah candles in Netanya with the Chairman of the Knesset Committee, MK Nir Orbach. "I have known Nir for 35, maybe 40 years," said Rabbi Kalman Bar. "I was Nir's rabbi. I wish him much success - he has what it takes to sanctify the name of God as a Knesset member."

In holiday message, President Biden calls Hanukkah "a story of the human spirit," wishes Jews a happy Hanukkah.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is currently holding a situational assessment with senior members of the health system.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett lit the first Hanukkah candle at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. The event took place in the presence of the Western Wall Rabbi, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, and the Director General of the Western Wall Heritage Foundation, Mordechai Eliav. Prior to the lighting, the Prime Minister toured the "Great Bridge" route, the route of the new Western Wall tunnels that has not yet been unveiled to the public, which led pilgrims into the Temple during the Second Temple period.

French health authorities report at least ten suspected cases of the new variant in their country.

A new poll gives Likud 35 seats, Yesh Atid 19, Shas 9, Blue and White 8, Labor 7, Religious Zionism 7, Joint List 7, United Torah Judaism 7, Yisrael Beiteinu 7, United Arab List 6, Yamina 4, Meretz 4, and New Hope 0. This gives the opposition block 58 seats, the coalition 55, and the Joint List neutral with 7.