The Times of Israel is liveblogging Sunday’s events as they unfold.
IDF identifies impact site from last night’s Gaza rocket
Security forces have located the site of a rocket impact, after it was launched from the Gaza Strip at southern Israel last night.
A crater is found in a wheat field close to the border town of Nahal Oz.
The rocket was not intercepted, as it was heading for an unpopulated area.
Early this morning, the Israeli Air Force struck targets in the Gaza Strip in response to the attack.
מיקום נפילת הרקטה ששוגרה הלילה מרצועת עזה, שדה חיטה בקיבוץ נחל עוז@bokeralmog pic.twitter.com/oFQ2Qiu1pe
— חדשות 13 (@newsisrael13) December 4, 2022
Iran says it will abolish ‘morality police’ after months of protests
Iran is scrapping its morality police after more than two months of protests triggered by the arrest of Mahsa Amini for allegedly violating the country’s strict female dress code, according to local media reports.
Women-led protests, labeled “riots” by the authorities, have swept Iran since the 22-year-old Iranian of Kurdish origin died in custody on September 16, three days after her arrest by the morality police in Tehran.
“Morality police have nothing to do with the judiciary and have been abolished,” Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri is quoted as saying by the ISNA news agency.
His comment comes at a religious conference where he responds to a participant who asked “why the morality police were being shut down,” the report says.
Israel Police establishes team to examine road rage violence amid slate of incidents
After a series of violent and even deadly road rage incidents in recent weeks, the Israel Police is establishing a special team to investigate the issue.
According to the police, the team will be led by the head of the Israel Police traffic unit, Yehuda Ben Atar, and will present a series of suggestions to prevent such incidents in the coming months.
“Reducing the phenomenon of violence in the State of Israel is a national mission,” says Ben Atar, who notes that police are already boosting their presence at major junctions and highways. The police aim to provide personal security to every resident of Israel, he adds.
Earlier this month, a man was stabbed to death while crossing the road in Holon after his wife pointed out to a motorcycle driver that he should not be driving while the light was red. A week earlier, a man was hospitalized with serious brain injuries after a motorcycle driver used his helmet to repeatedly smash him in the face.
