Brig.-Gen. Moti Almoz (L) assumed his duties as the IDF’s new spokesman during a ceremony at Tel Aviv's Kirya army compound . Almoz succeeded Brig.-Gen. Yoav Mordechai (R), who is expected to be promoted to the rank of major general and take over as coordinator of government activities in the territories, replacing Maj. Gen. Eitan Dangot.
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish mourners surround the vehicle transporting the body of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the spiritual leader of the ultra-religious Shas political party, during his funeral in Jerusalem. Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the greatest spiritual leader of the ultra-Orthodox Sephardic Judaism community and the mentor of their Shas party died today on age 93 years, in Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem, where he was admitted for the last two weeks. More than half a million of his followers attended the funeral.
Shelly Yechimovich, leader of the Israeli Labor Part, kicks off her campaign for a second term as leader, surrounded by fellow Knesset members from the Labor party and supporters