<p><i>(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Simchat Torah and Shmini Atzeret in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)</i></p>

Sirens sounded in Metula, northern Israel

Minister of Defense Gallant at Air Force base: 'Everyone who dreamed a year ago of slaughtering and annihilating us, has paid a heavy price and is no longer part of that dream.'

<p>Merom HaGalil governor Amit Sofer visited southern Lebanon and conducted observations from there towards the settlements of Merom HaGalil.</p>

Following the sirens that sounded between 16:36 and 16:39 in the Southern Golan, Lower Galilee, Menashe, Jezreel, and Beit She'an Valley areas, the IAF intercepted two projectiles that crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory.

: It is not enough to root for Trump and against Harris. This election is shaping up to be so close that a solid vote of American Jews in Israel just might help make a difference. You absolutely must vote now. Op-ed.

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<p>The Israel Police said that fragments of an intercepted rocket fell in Herzliya. There are no reports of injuries.</p><p><i>(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Simchat Torah and Shmini Atzeret in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)</i></p>