Jerusalem’s police arrested on Tuesday night five Arabs who were in the process of attacking Jews or the police forces.

In the Shimon HatZadik (Sheikh Jarrah) neighborhood, dozens of Arabs rioted, threw rocks at police forces, and launched fireworks at the Jews’ homes.

One Jew was lightly injured in his hands from the fireworks.

The police arrested four of the rioters and dispersed the others with crowd control means.

The Shimon HatZadik neighborhood has been the site of nightly attacks by Arabs on Jews.

In the neighborhood of Shiloach (Silwan) below the Old City, some 100 Arabs rioted and attacked forces in the area. An undercover unit was successful in arresting a rioter, one of the leaders, as he was launching fireworks at the forces.

Police Special Forces arrested two terrorists on Sunday night in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Shusfat as they were engaged in throwing firebombs and rocks at Israeli forces.

Police forces were engaged in dispersing Arab riots, and an undercover unit operating among the rioters identified and arrested two terrorists who were caught red-handed while throwing rocks and firebombs.

Four members of the special unit were lightly injured by rocks thrown during the operation. One of them was taken to Shaare Zedek Hospital for further treatment and then was released.

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin departed on Saturday night on a farewell visit to the US at the invitation of President Joe Biden.

The presidents will meet on Monday at the White House.

This is Rivlin’s last official state visit before he leaves office next month.

Rivlin stated that he is departing, “for the last time as president and on behalf of the State of Israel, on a farewell visit to Israel’s closest ally and friend in the world – the United States of America.”

“On my visit, I will meet President Joe Biden, a true friend of the State of Israel for many years and I will thank him for his genuine concern for Israel’s security and its citizens. I will also hold meetings at the UN to discuss regional issues on our agenda and meet the American Jewish community which is so dear to our hearts,” he said.

One of the topics on the table during his is the Biden administration’s efforts to renew the nuclear deal with Tehran, a development feared by Jerusalem.

Rivlin is slated to meet with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Democratic and Republican members of the House, UN Secretary-General António Guterres and foreign ambassadors at the UN, and leaders of the American Jewish community.

He will return to Israel on Wednesday in time for a state reception ceremony for President Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany and his wife on Thursday.

Eliyahu Karpel, 39 from Beitar Illit, who was injured in the catastrophic collapse of the bleachers at the Carlin Synagogue in Givat Ze’ev on Shavuot night, passed away on Wednesday night.

Almost 40 days ago, Karpel was severely wounded, Meir Gloiberman, 13, and Mordechai Binyamin Rubinstein, 23, were killed, and some 200 others were injured, when the high bleachers they were standing on in a synagogue during the Shavout festivities collapsed.

Several people have been questioned on suspicion that their negligence caused the accident.

Israeli forces arrested 16 Arabs on Monday night on suspicion they were dealing in the smuggling and illegal distribution of weapons from the Palestinian Authority and the Judea and Samaria areas to Israel, some of which were locally produced.

The arrests were the culmination of a months-long operation conducted by the police’s 433 Unit, in which it ran an undercover agent who exposed and documented the illegal weapons dealers.

The agent revealed key links in the chain of offenders, which included couriers who smuggled weapons into the country, some of which had undergone a conversion process from Airsoft to “live” weapons intended for criminal activity within the country.

The agent, who operated in a complex arena, gained the trust of the suspects and bought dozens of Kalashnikov assault rifles, M-16s, a Carlo submachine gun, and various types of handguns.

Among the detainees are residents of several villages in Judea and Samaria who traded with Israelis.

The detainees will be brought before a military court for a hearing on the authorities’ request for an extension of the suspects’ remand.

“We will continue to act in the determined and uncompromising fight against weapons offenses, all with the aim of preventing crime and terrorism, increasing the sense of security, and maintaining the safety of the public,” the police stated.

The police and IDF have been fighting illegal weapons producers and dealers in Judea and Samaria for years. The weapons are used for crime but have also been used in terror attacks.