IDF to substantially increase precision missile arsenal after approval of the state budget * The IDF will also be able to focus more clearly on the threat from Iran.

The attack on Iraq’s Prime Minister is another step in drone warfare and is a message by pro-Iran groups in Iraq that the prime minister is not safe.

Office opening is seen as a partial victory for the campaign to push international recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Rabbi Meir Mazuz, a Shas political leader, said in a weekly sermon that Israelis of Russian origin are heretics and that Reform Jews have destroyed Judaism.

On Friday, Pfizer – which manufactures the vaccine used in Israel – announced that its antiviral pill Paxlovid cut hospitalization by 89%.

The report described the civil law regulating non-Muslim family matters as being the first of its kind in the world "in line with international best practices."

Defense industry sources say such a deal is "unlikely."

Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev spoke after PM Bennett said he will honor his pledge to some 50 families who illegally moved to the West Bank hilltop to authorize the outpost.