09:00

IDF soldiers taking part in counter-terrorism operations in areas of Yehuda and Shomron during the night arrested 11 suspects wanted for interrogation. There were no reports of injuries.

10:00

Rock-throwing attacks in the Southern Hebron Hills areas near Beit Chaggai. No injuries reported.

10:00

Rock-throwing attacks in the Gush Shilo area of Shomron near the Arab village of Turmus Aiya. No injuries.

10:18

PA (Palestinian Authority) sources report IDF soldiers are surrounding a mosque in Hebron. No additional information is reported at this time.

10:51

Registration for homes in Kiryas Belz in Ramat Beit Shemesh Gimmel 2 has begun, HaMevaser reports.

10:55

Speaking to MK (Yahadut Hatorah) R’ Moshe Gafne about his economic forecast for 2013, Bank of Israel Governor Prof. Stanley Fisher stated that as painful as it may be, there is no alternative to a tax hike after elections.

11:00

The Knesset Finance Committee approved 25 million NIS to permit discounts in the price of water for disabled and low-income residents.

11:30

The Council of Presidents of Israeli Universities has petitioned the High Court of Justice regarding the decision to grant Ariel College ‘university’ status. The court has instructed the state to respond by 2:00pm today.

11:40

A professional driver transporting children to summer camp who forgot a 3-year-old child in the vehicle was convicted of causing the death by negligence in a court on Tuesday. The lifeless child was found hours later, at the end of the camp day. At the time, Zaka volunteer Chaim Weingarten told officials the temperature in the vehicle had to have reached at least 80C (176F).

11:50

Six goats were stolen during the night from a petting zoo in the community of Anatot. Police suspect area Arabs in the theft. Trackers detected footprints leading to a nearby wadi.

11:55

Central Election Committee Chairman Justice Elyakim Rubinstein declined a request by Naftali Bennett to disqualify anonymous ads against him by Likud, ads that appeared in newspapers. Rubinstein did however fine both Likud and the newspapers 1,000 NIS each.

11:57

An F-15 fighter plane slid off a runway in the Ramat David Base during training. There were no injuries but the aircraft was damaged.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)