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<p><i>Israel National News'</i> Israel desk is stopping its round-the-clock news updates at this time in honor of the holidays of Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah. Jerusalem candle lighting time is 17:38 on Wednesday. Our North American desk will keep you informed until the 17:45 EDT candle lighting time in New York.</p><p>The updates from Israel will resume Thursday night, following the conclusion of Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah at 18:34 in Jerusalem.</p><p>Chag Sameach!</p>

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<p>The Israel Police said that fragments of an intercepted rocket fell in Herzliya. There are no reports of injuries.</p><p><i>(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Simchat Torah and Shmini Atzeret in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)</i></p>

Sri Lankan police increase security at tourist sites, including sites frequented by Israelis and Jews, in light of credible terror threat in the Arugam Bay area.

Sirens sounded in Metula, northern Israel

IDF Spokesperson, Brigadier General Daniel Hagari, criticized the publication of a video against the Chief of Staff in a letter to the management of Channel 14: "We demand an immediate cessation of the incitement."

The rockets struck direct hits on industrial buildings but caused no injuries.