A sinkhole has swallowed a sizeable section of a road in the city of Modi'in Ilit. The area has been closed off.

Police In Friday named the person suspected of stabbing author Salman Rashdie as Hadi Matar, 24, from Fairview, New Jersey.Reports said Matar is sympathetic to Iran's government and the Revolutionary Guards.(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 Indian author survived both the stabbing and the subsequent surgery but may lose the use of Ine eye. The stabber remains in custody.

A 14-year-old girl was killed Saturday when a car crashed into her in the central city of Petah Tikva. According to police, the car which crashed into her ran a red light.

Gadi Eizenkot, former IDF Chief of Staff, says he wants to form broad unity government, demands ruling party hold primaries.

Justice Min. Sa'ar promises: 'Defense Min. Gantz and I are in full agreement: We won't bring back Netanyahu.'

The Regavim movement commented In the expected appointment of Mani Mazuz: "Mani Mazuz has proven time and again in a series of cases that came before him in the Supreme Court that he does not maintain a separation between professionalism and his extreme personal positions.""His appointment now in a transitional government is an invalid and unworthy trick. Bennett, Shaked, and Hendel, you have the option of preventing this. Fail to do so, and the damage will continue for years to come."

A four-year-old boy was hospitalized Saturday to Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek Medical Center after suspected choke marks were found In his neck.The boy is in critical condition, and police have arrested a relative suspected of choking him.