Some Nahariya Hospital nurses walked off the job in protest over severe overcrowding conditions in some of the internal wards, reporting 115% occupancy.

10:40: A MDA ambulance was damaged in a rock-throwing attack in the Hebron area.

11:30: A KLM flight from Tel Aviv to Amsterdam returned to Ben-Gurion Airport after takeoff due to an electrical fault. Officials stress there was no risk to passengers.

11:45: Rock-throwing attacks against Israeli motorists near the Arab village of Tuqwa, near Yishuv Tekoa.

12:00: Rock-throwing attacks against Israeli motorists in the Ramallah district.

** Beginning tomorrow, Friday, January 6, 2012, IDF soldiers will be permitted to travel for free on the Jerusalem light rail.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)