An unexploded mortar was found Saturday In a beach in Rishon Lezion in central Israel.Security inspectors noticed the explosive during a routine patrol and called in police sappers to safely defuse it.

Channel 12 poll finds more than half of Israelis think the Bennett-Lapid government will collapse within months.(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.)

A top Texas security official acknowledged In Friday that police were wrong to delay storming the classroom in Uvalde where a gunman was holed up with dead and wounded children, AFP reported.Police in the small town have come under intense criticism since Tuesday"s mass shooting over why it took well over an hour to neutralize the gunman, who ultimately killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School.(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.)

Four people were killed Saturday in a collision In Route 90 in the Arava region of Israel.In Ine of the cars, a 65-year-old grandfather and his 13-year-old granddaughter and four-year-old grandson were declared dead. A 40-year-old woman from the second car was also declared dead.

According to Arab reports In Saturday, eight rockets were fired from Gaza towards the Mediterranean Sea.

Joint security operation leads to arrest of five terror suspects in Judea and Samaria, no IDF injuries.

Security forces locate stolen vehicle, with infant unharmed, near Arab town.

Two men in their 30s were wounded by gunfire in Bat Yam. They were evacuated to Wolfson Hospital in Holon.