<p>The trial of a Danish national accused of spying on prominent Jewish leaders on behalf of Iranian intelligence to plan attacks begins in Hamburg.</p><p><i>(Arutz Sheva-Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)</i></p>

<p>Former National Security Adviser John Bolton pleads guilty to keeping classified diary entries.</p><p><i>(Arutz Sheva-Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)</i></p>

<p><i>Arutz Sheva-Israel National News</i> is stopping its round-the-clock news updates at this time in honor of the start of Shabbat in North America, where they are being written now.</p><p>Updates will resume Saturday night from Israel, following the conclusion of Shabbat at 20:31 Jerusalem time.</p><p>Shabbat Shalom!</p>

<p>Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter comments on signing of framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon, says the ultimate goal is peace between the two countries.</p><p><i>(Arutz Sheva-Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)</i></p>

<p>Vice President JD Vance warns Iran that "violence will be met with violence" following retaliatory US airstrikes triggered by an Iranian attack on a commercial ship.</p><p><i>(Arutz Sheva-Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)</i></p>

The National Security Minister said he asked the prime minister to bring the deal with Lebanon to a Cabinet vote, adding that he would oppose it.

<p>The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that their response to the US strikes would be "swift and decisive." They further claimed to have repelled a US attackin the Strait of Hormuz.</p><p><i>(Arutz Sheva-Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)</i></p>

IDF and ISA eliminate Walid Haniyeh, Deputy Commander of an elite Nukhba company, who commanded a terror cell infiltrating Israel during the October 7th massacre.