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Leptospirosis outbreak closes down Golan Heights nature sights
13 August, 2018 |
7 years ago
Israel’s Health Ministry issued a health warning Monday and several streams in the Golan Heights were closed after 27 cases of Leptospirosis were reported in recent days. Hundreds of people were expected to be checked for exposure to the water-borne disease as the ministry called for anyone who has a febrile illness with a temperature of over 38 Celsius and who has visited rivers and streams in the southern Golan Heights since July 1 to inform their family physician. Leptospirosis is transmitted by rodent urine and can cause symptoms such as headaches muscle pains, and fevers and in severe cases can lead to kidney failure or pulmonary hemorrhage.
Liberman” Next Gaza Conflict ‘Not If, But When’
13 August, 2018 |
7 years ago
The next round of conflict with Hamas is a question of “when, not if,” Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said Monday during a visit to the IDF’s Gaza Division. Accompanied by Chief of Staff Lt. Gen Gadi Eisenkot, Liberman said that since the beginning of the March of Return – Palestinian riots along the Gaza border – on March 30, Hamas had lost 168 operatives with 4,348 wounded and massive damage to terrorist infrastructure.
“I am certain that we will do what needs to be done,” Liberman said. “We are conducting a responsible security policy. A responsible security policy is not beholden to talkbacks, newspaper headlines or public opinion. We are prepared and we know what to do and how to do it.”
Jailed former tourism minister Stas Misezhnikov gets parole
13 August, 2018 |
7 years ago
Former Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov is set to be released from jail in September having served just 10 months of a 15 month sentence after the Israel Prisons Service Parole Board agreed Monday to cut his sentence by a third for good behavior. Misezhnikov was jailed in December last year after agreeing to a plea bargain with regard to charges of fraud and breach of public trust. The former Yisrael Beiteinu minister transferred NIS 2 million from his ministry to a festival for university students in Eilat but conditioned the tourism ministry’s support on the hiring of a woman, Julia Roth, with whom he had what the court called a “close relationship” to be an executive producer, earning her some NIS 100,000. Charges of using parliamentary aides to procure cocaine for him were dropped as part of the plea bargain.
Security forces arrest terrorists, seize weapons
13 August, 2018 |
7 years ago
11 Palestinians who were wanted for suspicion of involvement in terrorist activities were arrested by security forces throughout Judea and Samaria on Sunday night. The arrests were carried out by the IDF, Shin Bet, Border Patrol and Israel Police. The suspects were detained for further questioning.
Aside from the arrests, IDF soldiers from the Binyamin Brigade discovered weapons and ammunition during a raid, and soldiers from the Menashe Brigade found a few hundred thousand Shekels meant to fund terrorist activities.
“The IDF will continue to operate in order to thwart terror and to strengthen the security in the region,” the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said in a statement.
Israeli Gymnast wins Silver medal in European Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Championship
12 August, 2018 |
7 years ago
Israeli gymnast Artem Dolgopyat came in second in the 2018 European Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Championships currently taking place in Glasgow, earning him the silver metal.
Dolgopyat came in fourth place in the 2017 championship, with his teammate Alex Shatilov bagging the Bronze medal after coming in third. Shatilov came in fifth this time around.
