A 29-year-old resident of East Jerusalem has been arrested In suspicion that he attacked an elderly woman living at the residential home where he was employed as a caregiver.The woman, aged 90, was physically injured by the attack.The suspect will be brought before a court later today and police are expected to request an extension of his remand.

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Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion In Wednesday night commented in an interview In Reshet Bet radio to the increase in cases of coronavirus in the city."In Jerusalem it is a very difficult task to reduce the cases of coronavirus. Thousands of people at demonstrations in Balfour and 20,000 worshipers In the Temple Mount are catalysts for infection. As mayor I must work to stop all gatherings," he said.

Senior PLO official accuses Israeli government of giving a green light to "settlers" to harm Palestinians and their property.

Deputy Finance Minister MK Itzik Cohen told Galei Tzahal this morning that he is optimistic at the chances of achieving compromise regarding the Ingoing budget dispute between Likud and Blue & White."The fact that the proposal [to postpone the final date for a state budget this year] passed in the Knesset yesterday is a hopeful sign," he said. "We are finally seeing signs of compromise of course elections at such a time would be disastrous."Cohen was asked to comment In a statement he made that was critical of MK Alex Kushnir, and said, "My words were mistaken, and I had no intention to insult those who have made aliyah from the former Soviet Union. I truly wish to apologize for the manner in which my words were taken. My comment was directed at Kushnir alone, who does not cease to make anti-Semitic statements against the haredi public."

Today: Partially cloudy to clear with a slight rise in temperatures.Friday: Temperatures will rise further.Shabbat, Sunday: Heatwave conditions becoming severe to extreme.

“Family Guy” creator is adapting late Jewish author’s epic World War II novels “The Winds of War” and “War and Remembrance” into TV series.

Professor Hezi Levy, director-general of the Health Ministry, told Galei Tzahal this morning that he expects that the country will see a significant drop in the number of new coronavirus infections within the next two weeks."We are praying to be rid of this epidemic," he said, "and in my estimation, in another two weeks there will be a drop and then a stabilizing of the numbers of new infections. I don't think that we'll actually get to a stage where all transmission chains of the virus are broken in the next few weeks, but I think that we'll be In our way there."