A 42-year-old man was seriously injured and another man was lightly injured in a shooting in Lod In Wednesday night.Magen David Adom paramedics evacuated the two to Assaf Harofeh Hospital, where the 42-year-old was later pronounced dead. Police are investigating the circumstances of the shooting.

Prof. Dov Schwartz, a member of the Coronavirus Cabinet's advisory team, told Reshet Bet radio in an interview In Wednesday night, "In recent days, there has been an increase in the rate of infections among children between the ages of 0 and 6."Schwartz added, "We must not approve a turnover of teachers and students without capsules, and separation must also be maintained in transportation and after-school programs."

France will go back into a nationwide lockdown starting this week to try to contain the COVID-19 epidemic that is again threatening to spiral out of control, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an address to the nation In Wednesday, according to Reuters.The new measures he announced, which come into force In Friday and will last until December 1, will mean people have to stay in their homes except to buy essential goods, seek medical attention, or use their daily Ine-hour allocation of exercise.

US President Donald Trump warned Americans In Wednesday that if they vote for Democratic nominee Joe Biden, their children would not go to schools and they will be unable to celebrate holidays."If you vote for Biden, your kids will not be in school, there will be no graduations, no weddings, no Thanksgiving, no Christmas, and no Fourth of July!" he said.

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Avi Berkowitz, US President Donald Trump's Special Representative for International Negotiations, told Galei Tzahal this morning that the United States "is currently holding discussions with between five and ten countries in the Arab world. Discussions are focused In a variety of issues into which we are going into great detail, enabling us to move toward our goals. The question isn't Ine of 'if' but rather of 'when.'"Berkowitz added that, "There is no doubt that the deal with the Emirates gave us a certain momentum. It brought us the agreement with Bahrain. In fact, I got a telephone call from them In the very day that we finalized the deal with the Emiratis and they told me - that's what we want too."

The mayor of Daliyat al-Carmel, Rafik Halabi, told Galei Tzahal this morning that the coronavirus crisis in the Arab sector is still "at a very difficult stage.""I don't know how we're going to gain control over the rate if contagion if we don't significantly step up enforcement of the regulations," he said. "Unfortunately, with the number of officers at their disposal, the police is simply not capable of doing this."Halabi was also sharply critical of the government, noting its many failures to date. "Next Sunday we'll be resuming classes in elementary schools five days a week. The local authorities have taken over all the preparations for this, as the central government simply isn't doing its job and we can't rely In them any more."

According to updated figures from the Health Ministry, 688 people tested positive for the coronavirus in the last 24 hours.34,494 tests were administered during that period, resulting in a positivity rate of just 1.99%.There are currently 464 people in serious condition in the country's hospitals, of whom 199 are In ventilators.The death toll has risen to 2,494 people since the outbreak of the pandemic.