Ayala Ben-Gvir, wife of the National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, slapped a woman from the Neturei Karta community who had violently attacked her in Beit Shemesh, the Israel Police said on Thursday.According to the police, Ayala Ben-Gvir slapped the woman in an act of self-defense. This is a developing story.

Israel Police have arrested six people on suspicion of involvement in a shooting incident in Bnei Brak, Ynet reported.According to the police, two people were injured in the incident - one of them critically."Large police forces that arrived at the scene located a man with a gunshot wound on Rabbi Dangor Street, who was evacuated in critical condition to the Ichilov Medical Center. At the same time, another wounded man was located on Abarbanel Street, and was evacuated in moderate condition," according to the police.One of the suspects, a 32-year-old from Rosh Ha'Ayin, was arrested while in possession of a gun.

Convicted sex offender and leader of the Shuvu Banim hasidic sect Eliezer Berland should not be allowed to light the Lag Ba'omer torch at Mount Meron this year, NGO Movement for Quality Government wrote in an appeal to the High Court of Justice on Wednesday.The MGQ, along with haredi activist Tzippy Lavi and five other women's rights groups, requested that the court cancel the permit granted to the sect to light the fire.Given that this is a government-subsidized event, the groups argued, is a moral oversight and is harmful to the public.Lag Ba'omer will take place on Thursday night and early Friday morning.

The Spanish ambassador to Israel was summoned on Thursday for a formal reprimand at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem.Earlier on Wednesday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez stated: “We will not engage in trade with a country committing genocide.”

Over 200 Republican members of Congress — 52 Republican senators and 177 Republican House members — told US President Donald Trump that Iran must give up all uranium enrichment and dismantle its nuclear program.