Linoy Ashram wins Israel's 2nd Tokyo Olympic gold medal
Powerhouse gymnast performs ribbon routine to a techno remix of "Hava Nagila."
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After shaky start, Israel's Linoy Ashram on road to Olympic medal
After dropping her hoop during the first routine, Ashram makes a comeback and ranks among the top 10 in Friday's qualifiers, making her way to the final round. Fellow Israeli gymnast Nicol Zelikman also makes it to the finals.
Nearly 350,000 Israelis receive COVID booster as deaths top 6,500
Israel’s coronavirus infection rate hits 3.79% as 3,843 people test positive for the disease. Starting Sunday, Magen David Adom to open 120 rapid testing stations nationwide.
Sen. Lindsey Graham urges Trump to encourage supporters to get vaccinated
The South Carolina Republican calls on the former president to encourage his supporters to get immunized. "No one's being asked to go off to fight radical Islam or fight a foreign enemy. We're being asked to make responsible medical decisions," Graham says.
Another lockdown would be 'catastrophic,' top Finance Ministry official warns
Health Ministry chief says that unless morbidity rates dramatically drop, a fourth lockdown could be imposed even before the end of August.
Young Israeli swimmer makes a surprising splash at Tokyo Olympics
Exceeding expectations, Matan Roditi comes in fourth in the 10-kilometer swim and narrowly misses winning a bronze medal. "It's an incredible accomplishment. My goal was to finish in the top eight," he says.
WHO urges nations to share vaccines, not to triple-jab
"We cannot and we should not accept countries that have already used most of the global supply of vaccines using even more of it, while the world’s most vulnerable people remain unprotected," says World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Cabinet tightens COVID restrictions as holiday lockdown looms
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett: Israel is investing billions to make vaccines available everywhere, and yet a million Israelis refuse to be vaccinated.
Study: Israel better equipped than other countries to handle 4th pandemic wave
"Israel has numerous structural advantages over other countries," says Prof. Uzi Rebhun of Hebrew University, who examined "country-level characteristics of the timing of the coronavirus outbreak and its morbidity and case-fatality rates."
Israel's Olympic baseball hopes end after loss to Dominican Republic
Made up of American Jews and Israeli ballplayers, the team had been predicted to win the bronze medal.