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A United Hatzalah COVID-19 testing station was destroyed by extremists in Bnei Brak on Dec. 21, 2020. Credit: United Hatzalah.
Extremists burn down COVID-19 testing station in Bnei Brak
Such an attack in a city hard-hit by the virus “is very hard for me to understand,” says United Hatzalah President Eli Beer.
“Our priorities need to be straightened out,” said writer Moshe Farkash. “If, despite the dire warnings of all global authorities and public-health experts, the public remained indifferent and flaunted directives, we must urgently address such devastating callousness.”
Yaakov Litzman made his remarks after the city of Ramat Gan put up barricades along its border with the haredi city of Bnei Barak, which has a high infection rate and is under a government lockdown.
“The residents of Bnei Brak are beginning to understand that we really are here to help them,” says IDF Maj. Gen. (res.) Roni Numa, head of the Bnei Brak emergency coronavirus task force.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yaakov Litzman hold a video conference at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem with European leaders to discuss government responses to the coronavirus pandemic, March 9, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Netanyahu, senior officials quarantined after Israel’s health minister tests positive for coronavirus
Israel’s coronavirus death toll stands at 32, with 6,211 total confirmed cases, of which 107 are listed as serious • Bnei Brak placed under strict lockdown due to high infection rate.
The hotels, said to be located in Bnei Brak and Beit Shemesh, will be separated by gender and serve food with strict kosher supervision to fit the needs of the ultra-Orthodox community.
“We are having more than a few problems with ultra-Orthodox society in areas like Bnei Brak,” Israeli Finance Ministry director general Shai Babad tells the Knesset.
It was apparently the first time that the winner, who goes by the name “Ashkenazi Siman Tov,” reportedly purchased a lottery ticket.
Worth tens of thousands of dollars, they were hidden near Nablus alongside a small weapons cache.
Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Leib Landau served in his position for 32 years and operated a kosher-certification supervision organization, in addition to overseeing other religious issues for the city.
Rabbi Akiva Street in the Israeli city of Bnei Brak on Dec. 3, 2010. Credit: Yiftah/Wikimedia Commons.
Health survey shows Israel’s Kfar Saba has country’s highest life expectancy
The Health Inequality Report published on Tuesday by Israel’s Health Ministry surveyed all cities of 100,000 or more residents—a total of 4.4 million people in all.