A 20-year-old woman was killed, an 8-year-old was seriously injured and a 28-year-old was moderately injured in a car explosion in Ashkelon.

Gallant to Yahalom combat soldiers: ‘All sectors of the population must draft. Everyone must play a significant part in ensuring our security.’

<p>Head of the Birkat Moshe Yeshiva in Ma'ale Adumim, Rabbi Yitzchak Sheilat, expressed his unequivocal objection to the law exempting Torah students from drafting to the IDF</p>

<p><i>Israel National News' </i>Israel desk is stopping its round-the-clock news updates at this time in honor of the holiday of Shavuot. Jerusalem candle lighting time is 19:05 Tuesday evening. Our North American desk will keep you informed until the 20:09 EDT candle lighting time in New York.</p><p>The updates from Israel will resume Wednesday night, following the conclusion of Shavuot at 20:27 Jerusalem time.</p><p>Chag Sameach!</p>

<p>Special IDF forces operate in Kafr Dan, a Palestinian Arab village located northwest of Jenin, to arrest wanted terror suspects.</p><p><i><span id="docs-internal-guid-3506473d-7fff-58cf-e343-48f137909314">(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shavuot in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)</span></i></p>

State Department said it is earmarking $404 million in "lifesaving humanitarian aid to support Palestinian civilians in Gaza, the West Bank, and the region."

The City of Amsterdam announced that it will gradually remove the city's 1,280 Chinese-made security cameras for fear that the Chinese government is spying on them.

<p>President Biden's son convicted by federal jury on all three federal felony gun charges he faced. The President reiterates he will accept the outcome of the trial.</p><p><i>(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shavuot in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)</i></p>