<p>UN humanitarian aid official Tom Fletcher dismisses freed hostage Emily Damari's account that she was held in an UNRWA facility: Hamas may have used the facility but the UN had no control over it at the time.</p><p><i>(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>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 18:23 Jerusalem time.</p><p>Shabbat Shalom!</p>