Israel's ambassador to India, Ron Malka, told Kan 11 News in an interview In Friday that the explosion that occurred not far from the Israeli embassy in New Delhi earlier in the day was an attempted terrorist attack.Malka added that several staff members were in the building at the time of the incident. He added that "this is a time of higher vigilance and higher preparedness because of all kinds of events. We remember that embassies and missions have been targeted in the past."(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.)

Indian and israeli officials have labeled the embassy attack in Delhi earlier this evening as security related.Israel has tightened security measures around its embassies worldwide in recent weeks.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki reiterated In Friday that the Biden administration"s stance is that Iran must resume compliance with the 2015 nuclear agreement before any negotiations can take place In an improved deal.Biden "believes that through following diplomacy the US should seek to lengthen and strengthen these nuclear concerns and address other issues of concern, including Iran's ballistic missile program and its regional activity. But again, Iran must resume compliance with the significant nuclear constraints under the deal," she told reporters.(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.)

Residents of the Naveh Shamir have filed a court case against the changing of names of streets in their neighborhood to those more likely to attract secular residents.

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A preliminary investigation indicates that an explosive device was responsible for the blast outside the Israeli embassy in Delhi this evening that destroyed several cars.

A COVID-19 vaccine developed by the pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has been shown to be 72% effective in the United States and 66% effective worldwide in a large recently conducted trial.

In a paper written for the Begin-Sadat Center for Regional Studies, scholar and former IDF Intelligence officer Mordechai Kedar has stated that there is strong evidence of recent secret contacts between Israel and Syria over Iran.According to Kedar, Syrian President Assad, who invited Iran into his country to oust ISIS and to help him in the civil war, now wants Iran out of Syria and in order to to so he must enlist Israel's assistance. This would explain secret contacts that have reportedly taken place between the two countries.