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• With steep rise of 79 new virus cases, Health Ministry warns against complacency

  The Times of Israel May 28, 2020 | 14:48 pm

  Ministry warns of 'unusual' increase over past 2 days; 3 deaths take toll to 284; 37 patients in serious condition, 36 of them on ventilators;[…]

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• Cyprus cuts use of chloroquine, which it bought in joint consignment with Israel

  The Times of Israel May 28, 2020 | 14:30 pm

  Health ministry advises doctors to curtail use of malaria medications amid renewed concerns of side-effects; Nicosia and Jerusalem had bought 5 tons of drug from[…]

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• Ashkelon’s Barzilai Hospital Director Is Health Ministry’s New Director-General To Replace Bar Siman-Tov

  The Yeshiva World May 28, 2020 | 14:30 pm

  Health Minister Yuli Edelstein announced on Wednesday that he has selected Prof. Chezy Levy, the medical director of the Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon, as[…]

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• Misaskim Embarks on New Project

  The Yeshiva World May 28, 2020 | 13:45 pm

  The post Misaskim Embarks on New Project appeared first on The Yeshiva World.

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• Despite cut in ties, PA officials said to meet with IDF for security talks

  The Times of Israel May 28, 2020 | 13:41 pm

  Ramallah reportedly worried its ability to govern could be harmed by flare-up if Israel annexes parts of West Bank; COGAT: Palestinian workers will be able[…]

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• Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warn US at ceremony for new navy vessels

  The Times of Israel May 28, 2020 | 13:40 pm

  'Wherever the Americans are, we are right next to them, and they will feel our presence even more in the near future,' says maritime chief

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• 18 students, staff members at shuttered Jerusalem school diagnosed with virus

  The Times of Israel May 28, 2020 | 12:39 pm

  Cases mount in reopened education system despite downward national trend; children at school, kindergarten in Or Yehuda sent into isolation after siblings test positive

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• Video:Learning Torah Matters

  The Yeshiva World May 28, 2020 | 12:00 pm

  The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the need to get children excited about learning Torah. Now that the trappings of the traditional classrooms have disappeared, teachers[…]

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• Keeping the Momentum of The Siyum Going- Rewatch V’Nismach Now!

  The Yeshiva World May 28, 2020 | 11:53 am

  No one can forget The Siyum. Though it took place in a very different pre-Corona era, its voices and spirit reverberate even throughout its stormy[…]

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• The Israeli Underworld: Top Criminal Turns Secret Agent, Over 60 Arms & Drug Traffickers Detained

  The Yeshiva World May 28, 2020 | 11:30 am

  The battle of Israel Police against organized crime in Israel took a dramatic turn early Monday morning when over 60 suspected criminals were arrested, the[…]

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