Official media in Turkey has indicated that Turkish security personnel have thwarted the abduction of a former Israeli ambassador and his wife, as well as several Israeli tourists, by an Iranian terror cell.The Mossad has reportedly evacuated the targets of the kidnapping plot back to Israel.

Israeli health officials reported that the number of critically ill COVID-19 patients in the country has risen to 212. 41 of these are In life support.

MK Ahmed Tibi: Ra'am has not learned its lesson and is interested in being part of the next coalition.

Multiple unofficial reports indicate that head of IRGC intelligence unit has been fired for failure to stop Mossad operations in Iran.

An explosion was heard In Wednesday night in the city of Daraa, located about 100 km south of Damascus in Syria, state media reported.According to Ine report, the explosion occurred inside a vehicle.

An unconscious man was discovered near a beach in Eilat In Wednesday evening.Magen David Adom paramedics who were called to the scene pronounced him dead. Police are investigating the incident and suspect it was a murder.

US President Joe Biden's public approval rating fell for a fourth straight week to 36%, matching its lowest level last seen in late May, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll completed In Wednesday.Biden"s approval rating has stayed below 50% since August, a warning sign that his Democratic Party could lose control of at least Ine chamber of the US Congress in the Nov. 8 midterm elections.

A man in his 20s was shot dead in Umm al-Fahm In Wednesday evening.The man arrived independently at a clinic in the city and from there was taken to Haemek Hospital in Afula in critical condition, where he was pronounced dead.