American economists are sounding the alarm over a potential recession next year triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked refuses to have state to fund medical insurance for the refugees absorbed by the state.

Police arrested three teenagers this afternoon In suspicion of assaulting taxi drivers In Rabbi Akiva Street in Bnei Brak and damaging their vehicles.

Two women were injured by smoke inhalation in a fire that broke out in Kfar Bara. MDA medics treated the wounded and evacuated them to Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva and Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba.

Emuna chairman Liora Minka reported to Welfare Minister Meir Cohen that the movement's institutions are ready to receive refugees from Ukraine. "Emuna operates 5 boarding schools for children and youth, 2 emergency centers, a shelter for women affected by violence, 13 family care centers, schools and studios, day care centers, branches and clubs in the community. We are prepared to provide counseling services for skilled social workers in Russian and to offer care to the children in our orphanages, "said Minka.

Jews in the central synagogue of Moscow, Russia, celebrate Purim with Rabbi Berel Lazar.

Foreign Minister Lapid and the director general of his office wrote a letter to Foreign Ministry employees marking the 30th anniversary of the embassy attack in Buenos Aires in which they referred to Iran. "Iran and its affiliates, including Hezbollah, have been and remain the largest terrorist state in the world. There is no international agreement that can clear the killers of who they are - a state of terror and terrorist organizations," the letter said.

Cargo planes carrying 17 tons of equipment leave Israel for Ukraine, in preparation for establishing a field hospital.