Six fire fighting teams from Beit Shemesh are currently tackling a forest fire that broke out in the area of Kfar Uria.

The Knesset's coronavirus committee has decided that barring another government order, gyms should reopen next Sunday. The committee has recommended that the government draw up strict guidelines to regulate the gyms.In addition, the committee authorized the opening of museums at the end of this week, subject to adherence to government regulations (the "Purple Tag" system).

Speaking to Galei Tzahal this morning, MK Yechiel Tropper (Blue & White) expressed his party's view that a two-year budget should be passed."I don't think there a single serious economist who believes that we should pass a budget for just two months," he said.

Professor Hagai Levin, chairman of the Israeli Association of Public Health, has spoken at today's meeting of the Knesset's coronavirus committee, addressing the question of whether to authorize the government's closure of gyms."There is definitely a danger involved in enclosed spaces where face masks are not worn," Levine said. "We should be encouraging outdoor activities, and for the time being, we should certainly be imposing more severe restrictions to curb virus transmission."Levine also expressed doubt that closures restricted solely to weekends would prove helpful, saying, "There does not seem to be any logic in differentiating between activities conducted during the week and those at the weekend."

A court in the German city of Hamburg has given two-year suspended sentence to a 93-year-old man.The man, named Bruno Dey, was a guard at the Nazi concentration camp in Stutthof, where he was personally responsible for the deaths of 5,230 Jewish prisoners.

Moses admonishes the people in Dvarim, not for the serious sins of the spies and the golden calf, but for flaws rooted in ego. Op-ed.

The Health Ministry has announced that, based meteorological reports, next week there will be severe to extreme heatwave conditions across the country, starting this weekend.The Ministry urged people, especially the elderly and those with chronic diseases, to avoid exposure to the sun and to remain indoors, and especially to refrain from unnecessary physical activity. People should also make sure to drink sufficient amounts and to remain in air-conditioned surroundings as much as possible.

The Central District Court has decided to uphold a settlement agreement between the Central District Attorney's Office behalf of the Ministry of Defense, and several of the defendants in a lawsuit filed for the stabbing death of IDF soldier Yiftach Grady at a club in Raanana in 2014.According to the settlement agreement, the Ministry of Defense will receive more than NIS 1.2 million in compensation for costs incurred by the state as a result of the soldier's murder.