Rafiach Crossing between Egypt and Gaza closed due to national elections in Egypt.

** Beersheva police arrested the husband of a murder victim, both in their 30s. The husband is employed as a prison guard. Police say he husband locked their 3 children in a room and then murdered his wife, their mother by decapitating her. R”L this is just one of a growing number of daily reports of homicide in Eretz Yisrael.

** Rachel Efrat Atias, the survivor of the fatal accident in Tiveria earlier in the week, was released from Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center. She will be leaving with her aunt in Tzfat.

** Ofir Eini emerges the victor in the Histadrut National Labor Union elections with 2/3 of the vote. He was the incumbent and was competing against challenger Eitan Cabel.

** The average Israeli milk cow gives 11,410 liters of milk annually.

** Another Eritrean illegal was arrested. He stole a cellular telephone and money from a female soldier on Yigal Alon St. in Tel Aviv. She alerted police who apprehended the suspect.

13:48: Rocks hurled at Jerusalem light rail in Beit Haninah. No injuries or damage. Windows are rock-resistant.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)