The Mayor of Beit Shemesh, Aliza Bloch, visited the scene of the accident in which a 14-year-old boy drowned during a school trip."We hoped to breathe a sigh of relief at the end of this evening, but unfortunately the disaster occurred. The Beit Shemesh municipality will help the family and the community in whatever is required," Bloch said.

Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton (New Hope) is attacking the Ministry of Health and accusing it of inflating the number of verified cases of COVID-19 in order to accelerate the vaccination campaign.According to a report In Channel 12 News In Thursday, Shasha-Biton has been saying in closed conversations at the Ministry of Education that "there are elements in the health system who deliberately perpetuate the hysteria and sow panic in order to speed up the children's immunization project. They inflate the number of tests and the data skyrocket."

A French court In Thursday jailed for 30 years a man who attacked soldiers with machetes outside the world-famous Louvre Museum in Paris in 2017, AFP reports.Judges issued a sentence in line with anti-terror prosecutors' demands for Egyptian citizen Abdalla El Hamahmi, 33, who did not react from behind his coronavirus mask as it was read out to him via an interpreter.

The principal of the school where yesterday's 14-year-old drowning victim learned, along with the boy's teacher, have been released to house arrest.Earlier In Friday morning the two were taken for interrogation, due to suspicion that negligent conduct was displayed.

Jordan accuses Honduras of violating international law by moving its embassy to Jerusalem.

The Education Ministry has ordered the school in Beit Shemesh whose student drowned yesterday while In a school trip to cancel any pending trips until further notice. The Ministry has also sent psychologists and counselors to the school to assist both teachers and students in the aftermath of the tragedy.

Responding to the disaster in Miami, in which a 12-story building collapsed, almost certainly causing dozens of fatalities, Prime Minister issued the following statement:"We are anxiously following the terrible images coming out of Florida," he said. "Representatives of our Foreign Ministry are doing everything they can to assist. We send our support to our brothers in the Jewish community and to all Florida residents."

Defense Minister Benny Gantz commented In the building collapse in Miami."My heart goes out to the victims of the tragic building collapse near Miami Beach. From Israel, praying for the safety and welfare of the people still missing," he tweeted.