Shootings rise significantly in New York this year as anti-police sentiment surges.

Ministers will also ask to approve limiting gatherings in open places to 20, in closed places to 10.

The trial surrounding the firebombing of a house that caused the death of a baby and its two parents in the Arab village of Duma took a dramatic turn when two Arab witnesses to the event described it completely differently in media interviews than it is described in the criminal charge.This development has led the court to indefinitely postpone its sentencing in the case which was supposed to happen this week. Amiram Ben-Uliel was convicted of the firebombing and state prosecutors are seeking a punishment of three life sentences plus forty more years in prison.

In a letter sent to all IDF troops, the head of the army's Technology and Logistics division Colonel Itzik Turgeman stressed the importance of the soldiers' adherence to the basic regulations of the Ministry of Health in order to stop the spread of the coronavirus."Despite the increase in the number of cases and those in isolation within the IDF, the level of morbidity is similar to that of the rest of the population and we must act to stop the coronavirus from spreading," Turgeman wrote."Together, while adhering to the guidelines of wearing masks, keeping social distance, and observing personal hygiene, we will stop the spread of the virus and maintain our health and fitness," he concluded.

Former Defense Minister and head of the Yamina party Naftali Bennett has leveled severe criticism against the government in its handling of the coronavirus."The decision of the corona cabinet to impose an extensive weekend closure starting tomorrow morning is detached from reality, illogical and destructive. Because of this rushed decision, hundreds of hotel reservations for this coming weekend have been canceled. Terrible damage, and unnecessary!" Bennett wrote."The data teaches us that about two-thirds of infections occur in homes, within the family. Yet 95% of patients are sent to their resdiences! There is almost no infection trips. There are almost no infections among beachgoers. Very few infections in restaurants with a purple mark. The government is in a panic, firing wildly without rhyme or reason," Bennett added."Instead of bickering about swimming pool closures, the government should be sending patients to corona hotels, increasing tests, and training thousands more contact investigators. Public trust is a precious resource, and it is nearly exhausted. There is no logic here. No e is presenting a solid plan, an exit strategy from the lockdown. The public has the feeling of passengers a bus heading for a cliff, with the two drivers quarreling among themselves. I call Prime Minister Netanyahu to wake up. immediately!," Bennett concluded.

Knesset member Gideon Saar (Likud) has expressed dismay at the decisions being made surrounding the spread of the coronavirus."It see no logic in the decisions being made and the tightening of restrictions," Saar said."I have a hard time finding a logical order in what is being done. These decisions will ly exacerbate the damage to the economy it is doubtful if they will achieve the desired effect," Saar added.

Minister of Energy Yuval Steinitz has advocated for re-imposition of closure if flying is to resume ce again."My position is to impose a closure," Steinitz said in a 103 FM radio broadcast."We should have imposed a closure of 10 days and we should have done this a month ago or more because it is important to lower the morbidity data immediately and dramatically - a sharp step aimed at eventually opening the skies to flights," Steinitz added.

Israeli security forces foil attempt to smuggle ancient coins from the time of Alexander the Great into Israel.