Chain of fatal accidents:
Seven people were killed today (Saturday) on roads across the country.
At 00:21, a report was received of a road accident between two Palestinian vehicles on Road 60, between the small Yitzhar junction and the large Yitzhar.
The deaths of five Palestinian wounded were determined on the spot by MDA and IDF medical forces.
At 06:48, a report was received of a cyclist who was hit by a vehicle on Nim Boulevard in Rishon Lezion.
The man was evacuated by MDA staff to Assaf Harofeh Hospital in critical condition, where he was pronounced dead. Police suspect it was a hit-and-run accident.
At 07:12, a report was received of a 50-year-old pedestrian who was hit by a vehicle on Road 60 near Meitar in the Negev.
He suffered a multi-systemic injury, and at the end of the resuscitation operations medics and paramedics were forced to determine his death.
Police officers who arrived at the scene detained the driver of the suspected vehicle.
As you may recall, two men were killed in a head-on collision between two vehicles near the village of Darijat last night.
Two motorcyclists were killed within two hours yesterday in two different accidents near Beit Aryeh and Sakhnin.
Disaster at Texas Music Festival: At least eight crushed to death
At least eight people were crushed to death and many were injured during the opening night of the Astroworld music festival this morning in Houston, Texas.
According to data published in the media, 17 were injured and 11 of them suffered a cardiac arrest.
In addition, more than 300 were treated at a field hospital established at the site.
Disaster at Texas Music Festival: At least Eight Crushed to Death // Photo: Reuters
The incident occurred during a performance by rapper Travis Scott, during which the audience began to squeeze towards the front of the stage.
Scott reportedly stopped his performance several times when he noticed fans in distress near the stage.
He asked the security guards to make sure they were okay and to get them out of the crowd.
Iran: "Significant progress in enriched uranium storage"
Iran has so far collected 210 kilograms of enriched uranium at a rate of 20%, the Iranian Atomic Energy Agency spokesman Roz Kamelbandi announced yesterday. The 120 kg of uranium is enriched to 20%, a target required to obtain a nuclear bomb.
Disaster in Sierra Leone: 99 killed in a fuel tank explosion
A tragedy occurred last night in the city of Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone in West Africa: at least 99 people were killed after fuel leaked from a large tanker in a crowded residential neighborhood and ignited in an explosion and fire.
The huge fire raged on the main road and spread to nearby homes.
The scene of the disaster in Sierra Leone
The blast occurred near a large supermarket in the capital's Wellington district around 10 p.m.
A local police report revealed that a bus laden with passengers caught fire, which is the reason for the high number of casualties.
Corona outbreak for the first time: more than 200 verified daily in New Zealand
No longer zero-infected: The number of verified Corona in New Zinald today stood at 206. This is a peak in the daily number of positives, which for the first time since the outbreak of the plague is greater than 200.
Vaccine operation in New Zealand // Photo: Reuters
200 of the patients diagnosed live in Auckland - the largest city in the state of the islands, where they tried to prevent the spread of the delta strain by imposing various restrictions
Prime Minister Jessinda Arden has stated that despite the spread of the disease, she does not intend to restrict the movement of Oakland residents during Christmas.
"We will not leave the people of Auckland isolated at this time - we just can not do that," Arden said at a Labor Party press conference.
