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Scary pictures are emerging from all over the country. There are rows of dead bodies awaiting their turn at the crematoriums.

'Le Parisien' reports that "Tel Aviv is no longer hiding its face behind a mask."

A Midgam survey for "Meet the Press" finds that were elections held at this time, Likud would win 30 seats, but 43% of the public would hold PM Netanyahu responsible for their fifth trip to the polls in two years.

Clalit Research Institute study finds that the vaccine is 80% effective against symptomatic infection for people with heart or chronic kidney diseases, 86% for people with type 2 diabetes, 75% for cerebrovascular disease, and 84% for people suffering from immunodeficiency.

Health Ministry warns against "unnecessary overseas travel" to keep COVID variants at bay. Israel, Bahrain to recognize each other's COVID-19 vaccination programs, allowing the vaccinated to travel without restriction between countries.

The new push to have a special vote just for prime minister would deliver the incumbent an easy victory, although it is unclear if this would end Israel's political paralysis.

At meeting of Health Ministry's epidemiology division, Professor Eli Somech presents model showing some 12,000 Israelis would have lost their lives to the coronavirus pandemic were not for country's vaccination campaign.

How can one take you seriously if you contradict yourself?" Netanyahu laments after Yamina leader says he might partner with Left.

"Bennett refuses to support the only solution to the political deadlock that does not involve destroying the Right: a quick vote to elect a prime minister that does not involve the dissolution of the Knesset and another round of elections," Likud's statement says.

With supplies secure through 2022, Israel no longer needs the 10 million doses it agreed to purchase from AstraZeneca, coronavirus chief Professor Nachman Ash says.