19:17:

Five people, a woman and 4 children were rescued from Nachal Alexander in the Taibeh area by an air force chopper of the 669 aerial rescue unit. They were stranded by flood waters.

19:50:

150 students were rescued from flood waters in Hadera from the Beit Eliezer School.

20:00:

An air force 669 rescue chopper team pulled out four IDF soldiers stranded in flooding in the N. Shomron. Rescued was a deputy Nachal Chareidi company commander and soldiers accompanying him.

20:15:

Military and police helicopters worked to rescue 15 people from a rooftop in Baka el-Garbiya.

20:16:

Heavy flooding reported in areas of Hadera.

20:17:

A number of northern areas roads are closed due to flooding. Heavy snowfall reported on Mt. Hermon.

20:18:

The Hadera fire station was flooded from the storm.

20:20:

Homefront Security Minister Avi Dichter on Tuesday night ordered the opening of the emergency situation room to deal with storm related issues as the worst of the storm appears to be coming at us on Wednesday evening through Thursday.

20:21:

Route 65, the Nachal I’ron area, is closed due to flooding from the Machane 80 Junction to Hadera.

20:23:

Flood waters in areas of Ramot, Yerushalayim reached about 1.5 meters, compelling the evacuation of 10 families.

20:25:

The Magen David Adom station in Rosh Ha’ayin had to move to temporary quarters as the EMS station flooded.

20:30:

The Central Election Committee disqualified an Otzma Yisrael election infomercial as “racist” and offensive to the Arab sector. The infomercial states a sector of the population that does not serve the nation should not be entitled to benefits.

20:34:

Schools will remain closed on Wednesday in the N. Golan school district due to the snow accumulations in that area.

20:39:

The Transportation Ministry has activated its situation room to address the worsening winter storm and its impact on bus and train service around the country.

21:14:

Rescue teams arrive in Bat Chefer in the Sharon region to extricate flood victims. 14 families were removed from flooded homes.

21:26:

With the assistance of the IDF, 30 women and children were rescued from atop a truck near PA-controlled Jenin. They got to the top of the truck to escape the rising waters.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)