Following scathing criticism of his decision to fly to Washington DC next week in a private aircraft, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has rethought his plan and now intends to make the trip In a regular El Al aircraft.The premier and his wife will be heading to the United States next week, for the official signing ceremony of the treaty between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.

Following criticism, Netanyahu and his wife drop request for private jet to Washington for signing of deal with UAE.

A protest to return the bodies of Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul who were killed in the 2014 Gaza War was joined by former supreme court justice Elyakim Rubenstein.At a protest held opposite the Gaza Strip, Rubenstein delivered the following message: "The state violates its obligation to us in not acting to return Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul. This is a moral and judicial obligation and the state has the judicial tools to act in the international arena and bring about the desired outcome."

New national lockdown could include total ban In all air travel to and from Israel, senior Health Ministry official says.

An eight-day-old baby boy was brought to Ziv hospital in Tzfat, bleeding in the region of his brit milah which had just taken place. Hospital doctors examined the baby and determined that the nature of the wound he had sustained necessitated an immediate operation to save his life. However, the parents of the baby then grabbed the child and fled from the hospital, before the operation could be performed.Hospital authorities have notified the police.

Israir has hired a Boeing 777 aircraft from a Spanish aviation company in order to fly the Israeli delegation to Washington next week, for the signing of the Israel-UAE accords at the White House.The airplane will be staffed by both Israir and Spanish flight crews.

Police will be blocking off several streets in central Jerusalem to traffic from three o'clock this afternoon, in order to allow a protest march to take place. Organizers applied for and received permission to hold the march.King George Street will be shut until Paris Square, as well as Keren Hayesod, Azza, and Ben Maimon Streets.

Coronavirus has hit two residential homes in Switzerland in the last few days, AFP reports. Ninety diagnoses have been made so far, and eight elderly residents have already fallen victim to the epidemic.Some of the sick have been transferred to hospitals for treatment, as the homes lacked staff to treat them effectively, and civil defense forces were summoned to assist at the homes.Switzerland has a total of over 45,000 recorded cases of Covid-19 and over 1,700 people have died of coronavirus-related complications. At 8.57 million citizens, its population is similar in size to that of Israel.