IDF soldiers taking part in counterterrorism operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron arrested 9 suspects during the night.

** The number of unemployed rose 0.5% last month to 185,500.

** A chief military medical officer of an EU nation died in a Tel Aviv hotel of an apparent heart attack. NATO community chief medical officers taking part in training exercise in Israel. The exercise will continue despite the death. Today’s venue is Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva.

** Partner (Orange) cellular in Israel reports annual profits down 25% to 146 million NIS.

10:12: Kibbutz Meitzar (Golan Heights) A male was transported to hospital in serious condition after being thrown from a horse and attacked by a wild boar.

** The issue of illegal aliens, primarily from Sudan and Eritrea living in southern Tel Aviv remains a top news story as more and more women continue to come forward to report they too were attacked.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)