PM-elect Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to avoid giving Defense Ministry to Religious Zionism's MK Bezalel Smotrich, report says.

The Council of Torah Sages of the Shas movement met this evening together with party chairman Aryeh Deri. Deri reviewed the negotiations and demands of the party for joining the coalition headed by Netanyahu in detail before the Council of Torah Sages. Also, the chairman of Shas Deri detailed before the Council of Torah Sages the distribution of the proposed cases. At the end of the meeting, the Council of Sages congratulated Deri and ordered the negotiations to continue in order to achieve the maximum for the benefit of the entire nation of Israel.

A 22-year-old man was seriously injured in a violent incident at a commercial center In Route 4 near Zichron Ya'akov. An MDA team treated him and evacuated him to Hillel Yaffe Hospital in Hadera.

Weeks after taking fire from ADL, Adidas to partner with it In fighting antisemitism in sports.

The District Court in Jerusalem rejected the appeal of the Ministry of Defense and canceled the indictment against police officer Shimi Marciano. Marciano was accused of attacking demonstrators during a demonstration in 2020, when he was commander of the Lev HaBira station in the Jerusalem district.

A bus caught fire In Route 1 near the Shaar HaGai interchange while traveling in the direction of Jerusalem. Four fire and rescue teams were rushed to the scene. There were no casualties.

Several injured in Dallas, Texas, airshow after two planes collide midair, sparking fire.

Nineteen people were killed and six others injured when a bus overturned in north of Cairo, Egypt.