Monday night:

20:20: Firebomb attack against security forces NE of Beit Lechem. No injuries

22:53: Firebomb attack near Neguhot in the S. Hebron Hills area. No injuries.

Tuesday:

Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh announced Defense Minister Ehud Barak stepped down due to his defeat in Operation Pillar of Defense.

** Gunfire took place along the Egyptian border between Israeli smugglers and Egyptian authorities.

** Labor Party officials plan to have computerized voting but paper ballots on standby following the system wide failure that plagued the Likud’s computerized ballot system.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)