Hezbollah fires 19 rockets at Israel * Ex-MK staves off Parkinson’s with rare brain treatment * NY confronts ’Israeli Madoff’ * Escaped prisoners compare Raisi to Hitler

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Friday, August 6, 2021 [Hezbollah fires barrage of 19 rockets at Israel, in first since 2006 war]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Military says 10 projectiles were intercepted by air defenses, 6 struck open areas and 3 landed in Lebanon; terror group says attack was in response to recent Israeli airstrikes]( [Israel warns of ‘overt and covert’ response if Hezbollah rocket fire continues]( By [Emanuel Fabian and Judah Ari Gross]( [Official says IDF carrying out large-scale air and artillery strikes, targeting infrastructure, in response to barrage; UNIFIL: Rockets were fired from outside our operating area]( [Lebanese Druze confront Hezbollah rocket-launch convoy after it fires at Israel]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Angry villagers in Chouya accuse terror group of endangering civilian lives by firing projectiles from near civilian areas; Lebanon army arrests 4]( [Longtime ex-Likud MK staves off Parkinson’s with rare brain treatment]( By [TOI staff]( [Michael Eitan hopes to inspire others by documenting dramatic improvements after deep brain stimulation surgery that quelled his tremors and allowed him to resume an active life]( [On Israel TV, prisoners who escaped Iran’s 1988 killings compare Raisi to Hitler]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Describing the torturous conditions in the Islamic Republic at the time, ex-political prisoners label new president ‘the head of Auschwitz’ for his role in mass executions]( [Iranian hardliner Raisi sworn in as president, vows to resist pressure]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( Top Ops [Alon Goshen-Gottstein]( [The moral challenge of the third vaccine shot]( [The World Health Organization’s call for a freeze on booster shots until poor countries can get their first doses deserves serious consideration in Israel]( [Dan Perry]( [Civil marriage now]( [Most Israelis want the state to stop denying hundreds of thousands of citizens the right to marry – and this government might even be able to make the change]( [Anger over synagogue exemptions as cabinet OKs new Green Pass virus restrictions]( By [TOI staff]( [Several ministers vote against rules in protest; Health Ministry to start pilot serological testing for children under 12 so as to include those with antibodies in pass system]( [Lapid vows he’ll now attend coronavirus cabinet meetings ‘as often as possible’]( By [TOI staff]( [CNN axes three employees for coming to work unvaccinated]( By [David Bauder]( [New daily COVID infections continue to rise, to almost 4,000]( By [TOI staff]( [Serious cases dip slightly; ambulance service to set up rapid-testing stations around country as Green Pass restrictions tightened]( [Bennett: Not vaccinating like going round with machine gun firing Delta variants]( By [Amy Spiro and AFP]( [Government assures public there is no vaccine shortage]( By [Amy Spiro]( Tokyo 2020 [Israel’s two medal-hope rhythmic gymnasts advance to Saturday’s Olympic finals]( By [TOI staff]( [Linoy Ashram earns top score in routine with ball as both she and Nicol Zelikman finish among top 10 in qualifiers]( [Tokyo 2020 / Israeli judoka Raz Hershko praises ‘brave’ Saudi opponent for fighting her]( By [Amy Spiro]( [CRM]( [Intense heatwave blanketing Israel to peak over weekend]( By [TOI staff]( [Meteorological service warns of extreme heat in most of the country before temperatures begin dropping at start of next week]( [Israel to dispatch firefighters to blaze-stricken Greece]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [NY court orders assets seized from ‘Israeli Madoff’ on run in $150m Ponzi scheme]( By [TOI staff]( [Michael Ben-Ari, arrested in April, fled on a false passport after posting NIS 2 million bail; investigators say he fleeced investors for 15 years in largest-ever scam in Israel]( [Did a pro-Palestinian US campus group actually call for ‘defunding’ Hillel?]( By [Ben Sales]( [Last week, an outpouring on social media accused the Rutgers chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine of urging divestment from the campus group – but is this accurate?]( [PA official: Deal reached to send Qatari cash to Gaza, but challenges remain]( By [Aaron Boxerman and Jacob Magid]( [Palestinian banks reportedly concerned over international sanctions should they transfer funds to Gazans linked to Hamas]( [After Gantz threatens attack, Iran warns Israel: ‘Don’t test us’]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [‘ANY foolish act against Iran will be met with a DECISIVE response,’ tweets spokesman for Tehran’s foreign ministry]( [UN Security Council to discuss deadly tanker attack blamed on Iran]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Israeli research suggests new path to predict and prevent cancer relapses]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Specific signs in lung may give early warning of breast cancer relapse, Tel Aviv scholars say, hoping to use the knowledge to avert repeat illness]( More Headlines [Snap back / Chabad rabbis take first group photo since pandemic — and are fined]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Bennett’s neighbors appeal to High Court to force him to move to Jerusalem]( By [TOI staff]( [Biden to announce Chanan Weissman as White House liaison to US Jewry]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Israelis warned to stay out of 11 streams due to high pollution]( By [TOI staff]( [Germany seeks to prosecute over a dozen more Nazi war criminals]( By [Toby Axelrod]( [Miami’s largest university launches course on Israeli entrepreneurship]( By [Luke Tress]( [State inquiry into Meron disaster summons its first witnesses]( By [TOI staff]( [Hungary’s Orban: It’s a ‘strong challenge’ having Netanyahu, Trump out of office]( By [TOI staff]( [Ex-ombudsman said to highlight human rights concerns about NSO Group last year]( By [TOI staff]( [Former president Rivlin reportedly set to join ‘smart road’ tech company]( By [Luke Tress]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? 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