Minister of the Interior and head of the Shas party, MK Aryeh Deri, said there was nothing that could be done to prevent another general lockdown."No Ine has found a method of lowering the infection rate from tends of thousands to a few dozen," he pointed out.

MDA teams treated 86 people around the country who fainted due to the extreme heat over the weekend.An additional 28 were hospitalized for extreme dehydration.Temperatures are expected to see a decrease towards the middle of the week.

A primary suspect in the trial over the 2015 massacres at the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and elsewhere in Paris denied In Friday any responsibility for the attacks carried out by terrorists, Ine of whom was a close associate.Ali Riza Polat, a 35-year-old Franco-Turkish man, was jailed a few weeks after the terror attack, with investigators saying he tried to flee the country several times heading for Syria, AFP reported.(Arutz Sheva"s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically In all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)

Two armed Palestinian Authority (PA) Arabs were wounded during an arrest operation in the PA city of Jenin, the IDF said.In a statement, the IDF said the two were injured when the army was forced to blow up the door of the home in which they were staying.

Coronavirus czar Professor Ronni Gamzu In Saturday warned that the Israeli Arab communities could see hundreds of coronavirus deaths within weeks, if they did not heed guidelines.He added that each day, there are 750 new coronavirus infections in Arab communities, and that the number could increase to 800.

A 36-year-old suffered light injuries In Saturday after a rock was thrown at a vehicle near the Jewish town of Ofra.Magen David Adom (MDA) paramedics provided the victim with first aid and transferred him to Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem, suffering from a head injury.

A 58-year-old woman in Eilat suffered severe injuries due to the heat.On Saturday, the woman was found unconscious and in serious condition, with signs of heat stroke and burns.Magen David Adom paramedics provided the woman with first aid and transferred her to the city's Yoseftal Medical Center.Read more

Shortly before Shabbat yesterday (Friday), a huge fire broke out in the Itamar community of Samaria. The fire, which apparently broke out as a result of a break in a local power line, consumed numerous acres of orchards in the area. Dozens of residents and soldiers were able to repel the blaze before it reached the first rows of houses.The strong fire combined with hot winds spread quickly and completely destroyed the Chabad house and flour mill of the Melel family.Local residents are taking part in the effort to provide the family the assistance they need to rebuild the facility.