Pfizer says its vaccine is safe, effective and produces robust antibody responses in 12- to 15-year-olds.

Damascus rejects claims by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons over Lataminah attack in 2017, including the use of sarin gas.

Defense minister tours IDF northern front, where IDF troops remain on high alert over tensions with the Iranian-backed Shiite terrorist group.

According to Tel Aviv think tank Reut Institute, progressive discourse "enables, often unwittingly, a de-facto negation of the right of Jews to define their own identity."

"We will promote, together with the UK, mutual recognition of vaccines to allow tourists and business people from both countries to return to their routines safely," Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi says.