envenom

Currently, there is no effective treatment for tackling severe local envenoming caused by spitting cobra venom.

More than 100,000 people a year, mostly in Asia and Africa, die from snakebite envenoming -- rendering it more deadly than most neglected tropical diseases.

Proponents say the small synthetic molecule has the potential to stop or reverse neurological damage, as well as restore normal blood clotting ability when administered immediately after envenoming.

Globally as many as 2.7 million people are envenomed by snakes every year.

In government, however, Ben-Gvir - who wants to be police minister - would further envenom Israel's standoff with the Palestinians and strain Jewish-Arab relations inside Israel.