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Israel holds up tourist entries as Delta variant spreads

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 24 07:29 AM

JERUSALEM - Israel announced Wednesday a delay to the renewed entry of individual tourists and said it could take other steps to counter the spread of the Delta variant of coronavirus despite the country's high vaccination rate.   Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: June 23, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 24 12:18 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Israeli experts recommend measures to improve COVID-19 vaccine deployment in PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 23 11:06 PM

Israeli experts advised the Philippine government on improving its COVID-19 vaccination program. Read more »

Palestinians fight for land rights

Abbas Momani, AFP
Posted at Jun 23 04:57 PM

Palestinians burn tires during a night demonstration against the expansion of a Jewish settlement on the lands of Beita village, near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, on Wednesday. Read more »

OFW Deployment pa-Israel, Oman, may pag-asa nang payagan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 22 08:46 PM

May pag-asa nang payagan ulit ang deployment ng mga Pilipino patungong Israel at Oman. Read more »

Israeli health experts share best practices on vaccine rollout

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 21 10:21 PM

Israeli health experts met with members of the Inter-Agency Task Force to share their COVID-19 best practices to Philippine officials. Read more »

Israel urges 12-15-year-olds to get vaccinated, citing Delta variant

Reuters
Posted at Jun 21 05:42 PM

JERUSALEM - An Israeli health official on Monday urged more 12- to 15-year-olds to be vaccinated against COVID-19, citing new outbreaks that he attributed to the more infectious Delta variant.   Read more »

Israel to allow Gaza 'limited' export of farm produce

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 21 06:19 AM

JERUSALEM - Israel said Sunday it will allow the "limited export" of farm produce from Gaza, one month after a ceasefire with the enclave's Hamas rulers to end an 11-day conflict. Read more »

Israeli experts arrive in PH to help in vaccine rollout

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 21 07:37 AM

Three medical experts from the Israeli Ministry of Health arrived in the Philippines on Sunday to help the government in its vaccine rollout, the National Task Force Against COVID-19 said.  Read more »

PH administers more than 8 million COVID-19 vaccine doses: gov't

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 20 09:50 AM

The Philippines has administered more than 8 million COVID-19 vaccine doses since its rollout began in March, the government said Sunday. Read more »

Palestinians to get COVID-19 vaccine doses set to expire in swap with Israel

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 18 06:38 PM

Israel is to provide around one million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to the Palestinian Authority in a swap as their expiry date looms, the Israeli prime minister's office said Friday. Read more »

Israel launches air strikes on Gaza, says Israeli army

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 18 06:18 AM

This developed after militants in the Palestinian territory again launched incendiary balloons into southern Israel, the army and AFP journalists said. Read more »

Duterte says he was not consulted on Philippine vote for UN probe on Israel

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 17 11:43 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte revealed that he was not consulted on a Philippine vote in late May that backed an investigation into alleged crimes committed during the deadly 11-day conflict between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas in Gaza.  Read more »

Israel strikes Hamas sites in Gaza in first attack since May fighting

Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters
Posted at Jun 16 01:59 PM

Israeli aircraft struck Hamas sites in Gaza on Wednesday after incendiary balloons were launched from the Palestinian enclave in the first such attacks since the end of 11 days of cross-border fighting last month. Read more »

Israel scraps indoor mask order as COVID-19 infections wane

Reuters
Posted at Jun 16 07:56 AM

JERUSALEM - Israel told its citizens they could stop wearing masks indoors on Tuesday, ending one of its last main restrictions as new COVID-19 infections continued to wane even as vaccinations tapered off after a record rollout. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: June 14, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 11:55 PM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

A 'new day' in Israel after Netanyahu unseated

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 14 06:50 PM

Israel awoke Monday with Jewish nationalist Naftali Bennett at the head of a precarious coalition government that faces stark challenges, after 12 years under right-wing Benjamin Netanyahu. Read more »

Demonstrators celebrate Israel's new coalition government

Menahem Kahana, AFP
Posted at Jun 14 08:47 AM

Israeli demonstrators celebrate the passing of a vote confirming a new coalition government during a rally in front of the Knesset during a parliamentary vote, in Jerusalem, Israel on Sunday.  Read more »

Netanyahu out, Bennett in as Israel marks end of an era

Jeffrey Heller and Maayan Lubell, Reuters
Posted at Jun 14 07:30 AM

Benjamin Netanyahu's record 12-year run as Israel's prime minister ended on Sunday with parliament approving a new "government of change" led by nationalist Naftali Bennett, an improbable scenario few Israelis once could have imagined.   Read more »

MMA: Israel Adesanya retains belt in win over Marvin Vettori at UFC 263

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 13 02:20 PM

Israel Adesanya remains king of the UFC middleweight division. Read more »