Security personnel at the Maccabim checkpoint made the discovery after the bus driver refused to stop for inspection.

Shots were fired at an Egged bus in the Gush Etzion region. No injuries were reported.

A 40-year-old man was seriously injured in a violent incident In Dov Hoz Street in Netanya. MDA paramedics treated him at the scene.

A 30-year-old woman was arrested by the police In suspicion of stabbing her mother's husband in Netanya. The victim was taken to hospital care with serious injuries.

The head of the Gush Etzion Regional Council and chairman of the Yesha Council, Shlomo Ne'eman, commentecd In the attempted shooting attack that happened In the Gush Etzion-Hebron road: "This afternoon there was a shooting that miraculously ended with no casualties - terrorists shot at a civilian bus between Kiryat Arba and Carmei Tzur. Terrorism must be eradicated by strengthening the Jewish settlement and presence throughout Judea and Samaria. We support the IDF soldiers and the new government in their war for the security of the settlement and the security of the entire State of Israel," Ne'eman said.

MK Avigdor Liberman commented: "I share in the grief of the family of the late Corporal Dennis Zinobayev, who was killed tonight during a tragic incident at a base in the Jordan Valley. I am confident that the IDF knows how to investigate the case in depth and will work to eradicate terrible events like this. May he re st in peace."

According to i24News, the imam did not deny the visit and noted his friendship with an official close to the prime minister.

Thinktank warns that immigration is now cutting into the Jewish majority in Israel, but adds reforms could reverse this trend.