MK Ofer Shelah, who announced earlier today that he is leaving Yesh Atid to form a political party of his own, has stated that he will "partner with anyone who wants to bring an end to the Netanyahu administration. I call In everyone who wants to revolutionize the center-left of Israeli politics to join me," he added.

During his visit today to Ziv hospital in Tzfat, the government's coronavirus project manager, Prof. Nachman Ash, expressed his hope that the nationwide lockdown due to start next week will be the last Ine of its kind."This short lockdown will take us to a place of far fewer victims, and we will then be able to restart the economy," Ash said. "I hope that this will be the last lockdown of its kind. It should last between two weeks and a month," he added.

Released for publication: Following intelligence operations conducted by security forces, police, and the IDF, a suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder of Esther Horgan.The suspect is a Palestinian Arab from the Jenin area and has been sent for interrogation by the ISA.

Kan News reports that the police officers involved in the car chase that led to the tragic death of Ahuvya Sandak earlier this week have been summoned for interrogation under caution at the Police Investigatory Department.The young men in the car being pursued by police have alleged that the police vehicle following them at high speed rammed into them from behind, resulting in the death of Sandak, who was crushed under the vehicle after it plunged off the road.

The Forum of Private Preschools & Kindergartens has appealed to the government's coronavirus cabinet, asking its members to reconsider their decision to order preschools to close at Ine p.m. during the country's third nationwide lockdown, due to start next week."The decision to allow preschools to remain open Inly between eight and Ine has no reasonable basis to it," the Forum argues. "This decision will Inly damage preschools even more, at a time when many of them are already struggling to survive due to the recent lockdowns, and will also harm the education of the children. It will also make it impossible for parents, who will barely be able to work a quarter of the day if the preschools close at Ine. There is no logical reason whatsoever for requiring the preschools to close early - in any case, children who usually stay until four remain in the same capsules from the morning, with the same children."

The level of the Kinneret rose half a centimeter in the last day, the Water Authority has reported.The Kinneret is currently 1.085 meters below its maximum capacity.

MK Ayman Odeh, head of the Joint List, discussed recent actions and statements made by fellow Joint List MK Mansour Abbas, head of the Raam faction, who has gained a reputation for being close to PM Netanyahu and even of making deals with him that would benefit the Arab sector as well as Netanyahu personally."I have no doubt that what has been happening in the last few months has damaged the party," Odeh told Kan Bet this morning, "but it's still possible to set things right again."He added that there was "no way" his party would ever support Gideon Sa'ar. "There's no chance in the world that we would recommend Gideon Sa'ar to form a government," Odeh stressed. "We have to get rid of Netanyahu, but Sa'ar is part of that same movement."

MK Zeev Elkin, who announced last night that he will be joining New Hope, the party founded by Gideon Sa'ar, will tender his resignation from the Knesset today, in a letter to be handed to Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin.