Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday.

Tech Israel editor Sharon Wrobel and health reporter Renee Ghert-Zand
join host Jessica Steinberg for today's podcast.

Wrobel discusses the Bank of Israel's decision to leave the interest rate unchanged, but is still concerned about the possible effects of the contentious judicial overhaul on Israeli inflation.

Ghert-Zand talks about the professional group of doctors who contacted Israel Police last week regarding injuries seen as a result of water cannons used against protestors, demonstrating a misuse of water cannon regulations.

Wrobel looks at the decision to privatize Israel Post, a long-awaited decision, with the government now looking for a private investor to bring the postal service into the modern age.

Ghert-Zand reviews some first-time and highly unusual surgeries that took place in the last few days — gender affirming surgeries in a Nahariya hospital, the first time done outside of the Tel Aviv area, and reversing an internal decapitation of a 12-year-old Palestinian boy.

Discussed articles include:

Bank of Israel holds rates for now, warns about judicial risk to economy

Physicians urge police to suspend water cannon use after protesters badly wounded

Israel kicks off much-sought privatization of Israel Post after recovery push

Gender-affirming surgery performed at Galilee Medical Center for first time

Hadassah surgeons reattach boy’s head to his neck after internal decapitation

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IMAGE: Anti-judicial overhaul demonstrators block Route 1 and clash with police during a protest near Ein Hemed, July 11, 2023. (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

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