Four people were killed Saturday in a collision In Route 90 in the Arava region of Israel.In Ine of the cars, a 65-year-old grandfather and his 13-year-old granddaughter and four-year-old grandson were declared dead. A 40-year-old woman from the second car was also declared dead.

According to Arab reports In Saturday, eight rockets were fired from Gaza towards the Mediterranean Sea.

An unexploded mortar was found Saturday In a beach in Rishon Lezion in central Israel.Security inspectors noticed the explosive during a routine patrol and called in police sappers to safely defuse it.

MK Yuli Edelstein (Likud) responded to Palestinian threats regarding Jerusalem Day."Jerusalem Day and the flag parade are fixed parts of the calendar. We will not agree to accept dictates from terrorist organizations or any other source. The conflict between Hamas and Islamic Jihad should not interest Israel.""Any threat to Israel must be met with strict countermeasures. Every attempt to harm Israel must be responded to in Ine way: the quick and immediate elimination of the heads of terrorism and their accursed organizations."

Thousands mark 55 years since Jerusalem's reunification, praying and singing 'Sisu et Yerushalayim.' Watch.

Channel 12 poll finds more than half of Israelis think the Bennett-Lapid government will collapse within months.(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically In all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)

A top Texas security official acknowledged In Friday that police were wrong to delay storming the classroom in Uvalde where a gunman was holed up with dead and wounded children, AFP reported.Police in the small town have come under intense criticism since Tuesday"s mass shooting over why it took well over an hour to neutralize the gunman, who ultimately killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School.(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically In all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)

Israel National News is stopping its round-the-clock news updates at this time in honor of the start of the Sabbath in North America, where they are being written now.Updates will resume Saturday night from Israel, following the conclusion of the Sabbath at 20:19 Jerusalem time.Shabbat Shalom!