On Thursday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised US President Donald Trump's administration for Middle East policies, as the US leader faced widespread criticism at home after hundreds of his supporters stormed the Capitol building a day earlier.
Israel agreed to an agreement with Pfizer Inc. to expedite delivery of its Covid-19 vaccine so that citizens aging more than 16 could be vaccinated by the end of March to exchange comprehensive data on the vaccination program.
Sarel Aerospace Industries and the Defense Research and Development Organization of India's Government successfully tested the medium-range surface-to-air missile system MRSAM.
As 2020 drew to a close, Israel went ahead with its ambitious inoculation drive, overtaking many Western nations, even preferring the United Kingdom, which had begun the process weeks before.
The killing by a US drone of one of Iran's most senior army leaders, General Qassem Soleimani, on January 3, 2020, made an abrupt rise in tension between Tehran and Washington.
