IDF forces have neutralized an Arab terrorist who had attempted to stab a soldier at the rear entrance to the town of Ofra in the Binyamin region.

Egyptian delegation returns to Cairo, French Pres. calls 'for calm and peace.'

A rabbinical order has been issued that residents of the French Hill neighborhood in Jerusalem should carry mobile phones over Shabbat in case they are attacked.

Thousands of Jordanians have been reported to be making their way to the border with Israel to protest in solidarity with the people of Gaza.

"We're continuing to strike at senior Hamas commanders," IDF spokesman Hidai Zilberman tells Galei Tzahal this morning. "This strikes fear into them and keeps them In edge - and we see this in their latest strikes, which have been far less focused. Their natural response - which we are aware of - is to worry about their personal safety, after around 100 of their friends in senior positions have already been liquidated."

Thursday saw three rockets fired from Lebanon into Israel. 'We were already warned,' says local council head.

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz ordered the Israeli flag to be hoisted over the Chancellery building in Austria's capital, Vienna, and then tweeted:Today, the Israeli flag was hoisted In the roof of the Chancellery as a sign of solidarity with #Israel. The terrorist attacks In Israel are to be condemned in the strongest terms! Together we stand In the side of Israel."

Deputy Education Minister Meir Porush (UTJ) has appealed to the Prime Minister to stop the arson attacks In synagogues in the "mixed" Arab-Jewish city of Lod.In a letter addressed to Netanyahu, Porush wrote: "I have been asked by rabbis and hasidic Rebbes to request of you that you order police forces and those under their authority to accord special protection to synagogues and bring an end to the shameful situation in which our religious sites are attacked by rioters. It is a national embarrassment that Arab rioters have succeeded in burning down five synagogues in the last few days."