• Yesterday afternoon, a report was received at the Ma'ale Adumim police station that security patrols noticed a suspicious person, apparently drunk, standing at the entrance to the city of Ma'ale Adumim. A patrol car was dispatched to the scene and spotted the suspect. The police began questioning the suspect, who appeared to be sweating and was responding in a suspicious manner. At this point, the police, acting quickly and professionally, apprehended the suspect and discovered that he was holding a 30-centimeter knife on his body. The suspect, a 34-year-old resident of Abu Dis, was arrested and taken for questioning. During Shabbat, information was received that the suspect's intention was to carry out a stabbing attack in Ma'ale Adumim.
• Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will be questioned tomorrow on suspicion of obstruction of justice. Olmert is expected to arrive at the offices of Lahav Unit 433 in Lod this morning and be questioned under a warning. Olmert's questioning comes in the wake of new information passed to the Attorney General's Office by his former secretary, Shula Zaken.
• Firefighters from the Givatayim station worked last night (Friday night) on a fire in a garbage room in a residential building on Ben Zvi Street in the city. The fire caused minor damage and no injuries. Thanks to a properly functioning sprinkler system, the fire was prevented from spreading and greater damage was prevented.
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• A three-vehicle accident occurred Saturday at the entrance to Kibbutz Ramot Menashe in the north. Nine people were slightly injured. The causes of the accident are being investigated by traffic department investigators.
• A rocket fired this afternoon from the direction of the Gaza Strip exploded in an open area in the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council. There were no casualties and no damage was caused.
• Police suspect that a 33-year-old man from Tirat Carmel set his sister on fire, causing her severe burns. He claims, on the other hand, that "she poured turpentine on herself and lit a cigarette." The suspect has been arrested.
• A 40-year-old man was seriously injured today after an ATV overturned at the Beit Kama intersection in the south. He was taken to Soroka Hospital in Be'er Sheva for medical treatment, suffering from a head injury.
• At least 15 Iraqi soldiers were killed today in an IED explosion in the area of the city of Fallujah, west of the capital Baghdad. The soldiers were searching a house that was booby-trapped when the IEDs exploded on them. Another 24 soldiers were wounded.
• A conflict between young people from two families in southern Egypt claimed 23 lives. The clashes erupted after members of one family spray-painted graffiti against the other family.
• A fire broke out today in a residential apartment on Halilach Street in Tivon. The fire broke out following arson by one of the household members. The mother and her five-year-old son were rescued from the apartment unharmed, after firefighters from the Kiryat Tivon station worked at the scene.
• German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that the European Union will not hesitate, when the time comes, to tighten economic sanctions on Russia if the country takes further steps that threaten the territorial integrity of Ukraine.
• A prisoner who was imprisoned in Gilboa Prison in the north was found dead this morning after hanging himself. The prisoner, who had been imprisoned there for over a month for violent and property offenses, was found with a sheet around his neck. Prisoners who found him gave him first aid and began performing CPR, while a mobile MDA intensive care unit was called. He was pronounced dead a short time later. This is the third time this month that a prisoner has taken his own life in prison service facilities.
• Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch visited the village of Jes (Gush Halav) in the Upper Galilee following a "price tag" incident there. The minister said that the actions that occurred this week "border on terrorism," and noted: "There is a good line of investigation and I am optimistic that we will solve the case. It won't take long.".
• 16 people have been killed and 49,000 have been left homeless by flooding in the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean, an official from the aid organizations sent to the country estimated today (Saturday). This is an initial estimate after the disaster, which occurred yesterday near the capital Honiara. 40 people are reported missing, and there is a low chance that any of them will be found alive.
• Users around the world reported problems with the WhatsApp messaging service on Saturday night. This is the second problem this week. On Monday, the service did not work intermittently for about two hours. This is also the third problem since WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook in February.
• Three Haifa residents were arrested on suspicion of installing tracking devices on ATMs in the city, with the help of which they obtained the credit card details of people who withdrew money and used it. The arrest was made possible following the activities of Haifa police detectives and security personnel from the Leumi Card credit company.
• After the president who has been in power for the past 12 years, Hamid Karzai, cannot run for a third consecutive term, the polls opened in Afghanistan this morning (Saturday) for the country's presidential election, amid fears of terrorist acts by the Taliban. These are the first democratic elections held in the conflict-ridden country.
