One man was critically injured in a fire that broke out in a hookah business in the Bedouin town of Saifa in the Negev. Police have opened an investigation.

The carcass of a whale spotted earlier off of Herzliya has been washed up Into a Tel Aviv beach.

'Government won't fall because of deserters but because the Arab parties decide to bring it down,' Likud's MK Zohar says.

Foreign Min.Lapid agrees to Joint Arab List demand for 200m NIS to improve roads in Arab towns. PM Bennett was not updated.

The Ministry of Health confirmed In Friday evening that a man in his 30s came to Ichilov Hospital with symptoms that indicate suspicion of monkeypox after being exposed to a patient with monkeypox abroad.The Ministry is conducting an epidemiological investigation and coordinating with Ichilov Hospital a transfer of clinical specimen for confirmation of the diagnosis at the Biological Institute.The Ministry of Health called In those who have returned from abroad and developed a fever and a blistering rash to contact their physician and said it will continue to provide updates In the latest developments.(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.)

The Prime Minister and the Joint List have published statements dismissing the possibilities of cooperating with Ine another to stabilize the coalition.

Left-wing activists have begun a violent disturbance in the Hebron region, blocking access to the town of Avigail with burning tires and other roadblocks. The IDF is attempting to restore order in the area.

The Joint List has announced that it will propose disbanding the Knesset over the next week.