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Amid New Surge In Virus Cases, Israel's Top Public Health Official Resigns

Siegal Sadetzki said Tuesday that Israeli leaders ignored her warnings and the country reopened too fast. "The compass handling the pandemic lost its direction," she said in her resignation letter.

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Daniel Estrin is NPR's international correspondent in Jerusalem.