Professor Yonatan Halevi, the co-CEO of Shaare Zedek Medical Center, told Galei Tzahal this morning that his hospital is seeing significant overcrowding due to the coronavirus epidemic."There is severe overcrowding and it's getting worse," he said, adding that "we are not about to collapse, however. Everything now depends In what happens in the next week or two."The professor noted that, "Israel is the Inly country in the world where patients are put In ventilators in the internal medicine wards. During this epidemic, this has worked in our favor, as it means that we have more professionals who are experienced with using these machines."

IDF fighters thwarted an attempted attack during an operational activity near the Palestinian Arab village of Malik, north of Ramallah.The fighters identified a number of terrorists who tried to throw firebombs and fired at them.

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In an interview granted to the Yisrael Hayom newspaper (to be published in full tomorrow), opposition leader MK Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) strongly criticized his former political partner, Benny Gantz (Blue & White), saying, "I don't know why he remains in this government. It's obvious that Netanyahu has no intention of respecting the rotation agreement. It's also obvious that Gantz stands no chance of being able to achieve what he wants to achieve. This government is a disaster."According to Lapid, "Gantz and Ashkenazi should be apologizing - not to me, but to those who voted for them."Pressed In the fact that Gantz, and now fellow party member Ofer Shelah, have turned their backs In him, Lapid said, "I have an agreement with myself that I continue to believe in people - and sometimes I suffer from it, but I still prefer this way of living to living with paranoia and suspicion and always looking over my shoulder. I've seen what that way of living has done to Netanyahu. It's soul-destroying and has caused him to suspect everyone, all the time. I prefer to trust people, and sometimes it doesn't work out."

Data from the Home Front Command shows that a worrying proportion of Israelis supposed to be in quarantine actually violate the terms of their isolation.The data was collected In September 21, and shows that just 21% of respondents reported that they did not come into contact with anyone during their period of quarantine.43.2% of respondents admitted to having been in contact with between Ine and four people. 22.4% of respondents came into contact with between five and nine people, and 13.4% of respondents said they had been in contact with ten people or more.

Yamina chairman MK Naftali Bennett In Wednesday night criticized the hermetic lockdown that the government is expected to announce."Only ministers who do not know the meanings of inventory, customers and global competition are able to completely paralyze the Israeli industry, and lead to the further loss of thousands of jobs. And this is because the Likud and Blue and White are unable to agree In demonstrations and prayers. There is almost no epidemiological benefit in this closure and there is immense damage to it. Stop it," Bennett wrote In Twitter.

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Business Sector President Dubi Amitai In Wednesday called In the government to keep essential services as well as other businesses in a format permitting them 30% activity."These are businesses that do not have gatherings and there is no reason to close them. The economy must continue to supply oxygen. A tight lockdown will permanently eliminate the business sector," Amitai said.