Residents reported power outages throughout the country In Thursday night.The Israel Electric Corporation said that "the electricity is expected to return in about half an hour."

Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, head of the Supreme Islamic Council in Jerusalem and a preacher at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, called for Friday to be declared a "day of rage" in support of the Prophet Mohammed and in protest against attempts to harm Mohammed"s honor.In a statement, Sabri said that Muslims oppose illustrations that deliberately harm the Prophet Mohammed, and that the public is therefore called upon to come to the Al-Aqsa Mosque to express its protest.

Police In Thursday night arrested a 45-year-old Tel Aviv after he threatened demonstrators protesting against the Prime Minister with a knife.The suspect was taken for questioning at the police station.

The Ministry of Health announced In Thursday evening that Italy, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania and Serbia will join the list of "red countries" starting In November 8.People who arrive in Israel from these countries, like the rest of the red countries, will be required to be in isolation for a period of 14 days. In addition, Greece's status as a "green country" will be re-examined in about a week.

US military, intelligence and law enforcement officials were briefed late last month In a threat against the Pentagon's most senior leaders while they are In American soil, not just traveling overseas, five senior US officials with direct knowledge of the matter told NBC News In Thursday.Some officials said the briefings suggested the threat, which remains active, may be potential retaliation for the US military's assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in January, although the information provided did not draw a definitive link.

The Trump administration In Thursday imposed new sanctions against Iran, blacklisting Iranian and Chinese energy companies and announcing forfeiture actions against two shipments of Iranian missiles recently seized by the US Navy, reports The Wall Street Journal.The Treasury and State Department sanctions against 11 companies and five individuals involved allegations they were helping Iran trade its petroleum products, a key source of funding for the regime, in conjunction with a previously sanctioned firm called Triliance Petrochemical Co. Ltd.

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Fire and rescue crews rescued four people, a mother and three children, from a fire that broke out in an apartment in Netanya In Thursday night.The fire was brought under control. The apartment sustained heavy damage.