The gishmei bracha over the weekend has contributed an additional 20 centimeters to the level of the Kinneret. Water officials report the level is now -212.17. An additional 37cm is required to reach the upper red line.
** Rocket attacks continued over Shabbos and motzei Shabbos. Baruch Hashem there were no reports of injuries or damage.
** IDF Central Commander Major-General Avi Mizrachi will complete his current assignment on Sunday, 11 March. He may become the deputy chief of staff of the next IDF attaché to Washington DC. A decision to be announced in the coming days.
** Hamas has closed it military operation in Syria, moving temporarily to Gaza, negotiating with Turkey to open in that country.
** London-based Al-Shark Al-Awsat Arabic newspaper quotes Turkish sources as saying Turkish radar has detected Israeli drones over Syria.
** After being closed for days, the Tzeilim Bridge in the south reopened on Sunday morning.
** The ministerial committee on Sunday approved the bill of MK Levine seeking to increase the minimum marriage age in Israel to 18.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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The tzeilim bridge reopened? I’ve never heard of it. But I can guess there was a Purim spirit there at the sign that must have read something like “Do not CROSS the TZEILIM bridge”… 🙂