Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon closed its emergency room on Sunday morning due to severe overcrowding.

10:00: An Arab male armed with an axe was shot and wounded by security personnel at the Kalandia Checkpoint on Jerusalem’northern border after he tried killing security personnel. Baruch Hashem Security personnel escaped unharmed.

** “End the Occupation” graffiti painted on an office of the IDF Spokesman in Tel Aviv.

** Weekend rains have added to the Kinneret, which has risen over 33cm since Thursday.

** Tefilos for HaGaon HaRav Yaakov Chai [ben Margalit]Yosef will be held at the Kosel on Tuesday at 15:00, Yom Kippur Katan.

** A severe snowstorm has closed the Mount Hermon ski resort to visitors.

14:00: Golan Heights area schools are closing due to heavy snowstorm.

** MDA Chief Eli Bin visited the home of the Seret-Viznitz Rebbe to discuss enhanced cooperation between the EMS organization and the chassidus in Haifa.

15:25: The Bnei Tzion Hospital in Haifa emergency room is closed due to severe overcrowding.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)