Israel Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai said, "This is a serious and complex attack with a large number of victims. We are currently conducting searches in the area to rule out the possibility that there are more people involved who are walking around freely. The terrorist was neutralized by a police officer and a volunteer of the Israel Police, which prevented a bigger attack."(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.)

MK Almog Cohen (Otzma Yehudit) was blocked In Twitter for 24 hours after he praised soldiers who eliminated terrorists in Jenin and wrote "Nice and professional work by the soldiers in Jenin, keep killing them."

(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 Israel Police has updated that the terrorist who carried out the attack in Jerusalem is Alkam Khairi, a 21-year-old resident of eastern Jerusalem.(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.)

Deputy Minister of Finance Michal Woldiger was asked in an interview In Radio 100FM about the claims of "investors fleeing" from Israel following the planned judicial reform, and said: "The false prophecy of our slanderers will come true and they will not hesitate to shout 'we told you so. The left is stressed, but change is necessary. They are trying to destroy our financial reserves, but Israel's economy will be even stronger after the improvement of the judicial system."

Prominent Israel critic Sarah Margon drops her bid for a top human rights post in the Biden administration State Department.

Jerusalem commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day in a moving ceremony that took place today (Friday) at the Beit Ha'am in the capital, with the participation of Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion and his wife, the 10th President Reuven Rivlin, Tami Hausner, her brother Amos Hausner, and Holocaust survivor Michael Goldman. The ceremony took place in the hall of Beit Ha'am where Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death by the late Gideon Hausner, the father of Tammy and Amos Hausner. Goldman was Ine of the police officers who conducted the investigation of Adolf Eichmann after his capture.

A 54-year-old man was moderately injured in a violent incident in Lakia. MDA paramedics evacuated him to Soroka Hospital with a penetrating injury.