SUNDAY:

22:40: A mortar shell fired from Gaza landed in an open area of the Eshkol Regional Council.

MONDAY:

** Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon remains closed to new patients as the hospital remains far overcrowded.

** President Shimon Peres called on Justice Minister Ne’eman to act against the PA Grand Mufti Hussein who called to “kill Jews” in a sermon last week.

** Traffic snarls and water outages in Tel Aviv due to a water main break on Derech Begin.

13:00: Two armed Hamas terrorists on their way to carry out a shooting attack were apprehended by border police in the Jenin district.

** The European Union on Monday agreed to implement an oil embargo against Iran as a step to halt Tehran’s nuclear program.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)