Rear Admiral Akira Ichida, Head of J6 at the Japanese Ministry of Defense, hosted IDF Brigadier Gen. Yariv Nir, IDF Chief Signal Officer, in Tokyo last week.

The IDF stated Monday that they “discussed operational and technological challenges” and future collaborations between Israel and Japan in cyber, technology and defense.

“Building a strong future together,” the IDF tweed in Japanese.

The J6 Directorate is tasked with cyber and technology-related warfare.

Israel and Japan in recent years have strengthened their ties, and especially in the area of tech start-ups and defense.

An Arab woman was arrested Sunday morning in Hebron after she drew a knife and confronted Israeli forces securing the Tomb of the Patriarchs.

The police stated that Border Police troops operating in the Cave of the Patriarchs arrested a suspect who pulled a knife on the forces.

There were no casualties in the incident.

The Cave of the Patriarchs is often the site of terror attacks.

In related news, IDF forces carrying out counterterrorism operations throughout Judea and Samaria on Saturday night arrested five suspects for their connections to terrorism.

IDF Forces carrying out counter-terrorism operations throughout Judea and Samaria on Wednesday night arrested terror suspects and seized weapons and terror funds.

A total of six suspects were arrested for their connections to terrorism and transferred for further questioning.

Forces searching for illegal weapons in Beit Omar in the Hebron area exposed and confiscated a Carlo submachine gun.

These types of weapons are produced locally by illegal shops and are often used in terror attacks. Soldiers operating in the Daharia area shut down such a shop.

Troops operating the Samaria area seized tens of thousands of Shekels meant for terrorism.

The IDF vowed to continue its campaign to exposed illegal weapons “to keep residents safe.”

A 19-year-old pedestrian was killed by the light rail tram on Tuesday night on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem.

The young woman, identified as Tamar Fenigstein of Petha Tikva, was trapped under the train and firefights were called to rescue her body. They used special equipment to extract her from under the train.

An initial investigation shows that Fenigstein suffered from a medical-related incident before falling on to the tracks and suffering the fatal accident.

Four of her friends who witnessed the fatal accident suffered from shock and were taken to a hospital for treatment.

The light rail system has previously had several accidents, mostly with cars, but the outcome was rarely fatal.

Six Israelis have been killed in road accidents since the beginning of the week, and 316 have died on the roads since the beginning of the year, compared to 289 in 2018.

The IDF on Tuesday dispatched a humanitarian aid delegation to Albania following the devastating earthquake in which over 50 people died and thousands were injured.

A 6.4-magnitude quake struck Albania’s capital of Tirana last Tuesday morning, the most powerful earthquake to hit Albania in decades.

The delegation includes 10 experts from the IDF’s Home Front Command who will assist with the damage assessment and will help in organizing and managing the relief efforts in the disaster area.

The IDF experts will conduct an in-depth examination of buildings in the area to determine which buildings are safe to use, and will also advise decision-makers in the country on the steps needed to manage the disaster.

The delegation is equipped with technological equipment and control systems developed in Israel and is also bringing waterproof tents that were purchased by Israel’s Foreign Ministry for the Albanian government and will serve as a shelter for the population that has been evacuated from its homes.

The IDF will “continue to assist, in the name of the State of Israel, in whatever disaster required and contribute its experience and capabilities worldwide,” it stated.

Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Israel Katz stated that “Israel is rushing aid to its friend, Albania. This aid mission is testament to the excellent relations between the two countries and the close dialogue they have been maintaining over the past few years, both on the governmental level and between the peoples.”​

The IDF’s famed Search and Rescue Unit has been deployed to disaster locations across the globe, including in Ghana in 2012, Nepal in 2015, and Mexico City in 2017.