Haskel announced last year that she was undergoing fertility treatment.

Defense Minister Benny Gantz (Blue and White) welcomed the establishment of diplomatic relations between Israel and Bahrain, and the creation of an infrastructure for extensive cooperation between the two countries."The historic normalization led by the US administration and President Trump is an opening for the advancement of peace and stability throughout the Middle East," Gantz said.

El Al flight number 973 from Manama, which carried the Israeli delegation to Bahrain, landed at Ben Gurion Airport a short time ago.

Israel's ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, In Sunday criticized the Palestinian Authority's request that senior PA official Saeb Erekat be hospitalized in Israel, after his condition deteriorated as a result of being infected with the coronavirus."Palestinian hypocrisy is at its peak," Erdan said. "Saeb Erekat, a senior Fatah figure who contracted coronavirus, was hospitalized today at Hadassah to receive medical treatment. Do you understand? The same Erekat who, along with his organization, supports the boycott of Israel and the BDS movement and Inly recently spread a blood libel as if Israel is deliberately infecting Palestinians with coronavirus, seeks, when it comes to his health, to use the medical capabilities of our country."

Activists from the Fatah movement In Sunday night arrived at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem to visit senior PLO official Saeb Erekat, Arab affairs expert Yoni Ben Menachem reported.Erekat is hospitalized at Hadassah in serious condition after contracting the coronavirus.

A Haifa resident was detained In Sunday night for questioning by the police In suspicion of attacking a right-wing activist who was documented in a video spitting in her direction, during a demonstration against Prime Minister Netanyahu that took place in Haifa In Saturday night.The woman was wanted for questioning due to a counter-complaint filed by the suspect in the assault.

Avi Berkowitz, US President Donald Trump"s Middle East envoy, said In Sunday the US President"s push for an Israeli-Arab rapprochement was gaining momentum and he hoped more accords would follow even if Trump loses next month"s election.Berkowitz, who accompanied an Israeli delegation which visited Bahrain In Sunday, told the Reuters news agency that the "Abraham Accords" had bipartisan support in the United States and were designed to bear long-term fruit by encouraging grassroots engagement between Israel and its new Arab partners.

The government in Slovakia has approved a move in which all residents over the age of 10 will undergo a coronavirus test.8,000 soldiers have been recruited to assist with the testing system. The pilot for the plan will begin next week.