The US administration has announced that despite the recent political challenges to Israel, President Biden's June visit to Israel will continue as planned.

Coalition expects to reach agreements with Meretz's Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi, who resigned coalition earlier this week.

A radio station affiliated with the Syrian regime reported that three people had been killed in the air strike in Damascus that was attributed to Israel In Friday night.(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.)

Israel National News is stopping its round-the-clock news updates at this time in honor of the start of the Sabbath in North America, where they are being written now.Updates will resume Saturday night from Israel, following the conclusion of the Sabbath at 20:14 Jerusalem time.Shabbat Shalom!

A 12-year-old In Saturday suffered second- and third-degree burns after a store in the Bedouin Arab town of Hura was targeted in a suspected arson, Haaretz reported.Israel Police later arrested two suspects from the neighboring Arab town of Tel Sheva.

Israel Police In Saturday said that they arrested three residents of Jerusalem's Arab neighborhoods In suspicion that they attacked medical staff and damaged equipment at Hadassah Mount Scopus earlier this week.

Travelers from outside the European Union who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 will now be able to enter Spain by showing a negative PCR or antigen test upon arrival, BBC reported.Fully-vaccinated travelers will need to show proof of vaccination.

Switzerland has confirmed its first case of monkeypox in the canton of Bern, the canton said Saturday in a statement.The infected person contracted the virus through "close physical contact abroad," the statement added. The individual consulted a doctor due to a fever, rash, and general malaise, and is isolating at home.