The Times of Israel is liveblogging Saturday’s events as they happen.
Border cop shoots driver who police say accelerated toward them in East Jerusalem
A Border Police officer shoots a car accelerating toward cops in East Jerusalem’s Issawiya, the force says, “neutralizing” the driver.
Police say the officer opened fire after feeling his life was in danger, adding that an investigation into the incident was opened.
The driver was seriously wounded and taken to a local hospital, according to Hebrew media reports. No policemen were injured.
2 men drown in separate incidents off Bat Yam
Two men have drowned in separate incidents off the coast of Bat Yam.
The two were declared dead by paramedics after being pulled from the water.
In another unrelated incident, the Magen David Adom ambulance service says a young man is being taken to a hospital in critical condition after being found in the water by a beach in nearby Tel Aviv.
No major security issues reported at Olympics opening ceremony, says French minister
PARIS — France’s interior minister praises security forces after no major issues are reported during the opening ceremony of the Olympics.
“We did it,” French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin says on the social platform X, praising an “event without incident.”
“After four years of intense work to prepare for the world’s biggest sport event, we have never been prouder of our security forces,” he tweets.
Authorities had deployed a massive security operation in Paris to keep the event safe. The capital’s streets were blocked off, with squadrons of police patrolling and imposing metal-fence security barriers erected like an iron curtain on both sides of the River Seine. Up to 45,000 police and gendarmes as well as 10,000 soldiers have been deployed for Olympic security.
2 declared dead in Katzrin house fire
First responders have declared the deaths of two men found at a home that caught fire in the Golan Heights city of Katzrin.
Firefighters are looking into what caused the blaze.
Trump holds narrow lead over Harris in WSJ poll
Republican Donald Trump has a two-percentage point lead over Democratic US Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a new Wall Street Journal poll, narrower than the six-point lead in a survey earlier this month over President Joe Biden, who has since withdrawn from the presidential contest.
Trump leads Harris by 49% to 47% according to the poll of 1,000 registered voters that has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.