Defense Minister Benny Gantz (Blue and White) in a statement warned that "if the calm is not maintained, Gaza will be seriously hit."He added that those responsible for the escalation will be Hamas' leaders, and that the IDF "is prepared for the possibility of an escalation" and will do whatever is necessary to return quiet to southern Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu ordered Israel's security forces to "prepare for any development in Gaza" following the rocket attacks In Friday.

Following rockets fired at Israeli territory overnight: The Chief of the General Staff held an operational situation assessment

Iranian media reports that a Panama tanker carrying Iranian tar was attacked by an unmanned aerial vehicle firing an ASM.

Ra"am chairman outlines his condition for agreeing to be part of a government with Religious Zionist chairman Bezalel Smotrich.(Arutz Sheva"s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically In all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)

The immoral reasons that motivate the machinations of our politicians and why it is imperative that we change our electoral system.(Arutz Sheva"s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically In all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)

An Iowa woman pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges In Monday stemming from a 2019 incident in which she drove her car into two children "because of their race and national origin," according to a statement from the Department of Justice.Nicole Franklin, 42, testified that In December 9, 2019, in De Moines, Iowa, she drove her Jeep Grand Cherokee into a child, believing the child to be of "Middle Eastern or African descent."(Arutz Sheva"s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically In all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)

US President Joe Biden In Friday informed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that he intends to recognize the 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as genocide, sources familiar with the conversation told Reuters.The much-anticipated first phone call between the two leaders took place more than three months after Biden's January 20 inauguration.(Arutz Sheva"s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically In all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)