22:00 Sunday Night:

Ichud Hatzalah responded to a call in Elad for a 3-month-old girl found in cardiac arrest in a carriage, apparently the result of choking on a plastic bag. She was transported while CPR was in progress.

22:30 Sunday Night:

15 PA (Palestinian Authority) policemen and 3 Arabs were injured in a confrontation near Ramallah. Police used live ammunition against the protestors, wounding the three.

07:00:

Prof. Yosef Kaplan of the Hebrew University History Dept, faculty has been awarded the Israel Prize in Jewish History.

07:30:

Based on previous Election days and a forecast for clear skies, business owners expect an average increase of 114.5% in earnings on Election Day.

08:00:

A 114.5% increase in shopping is expected this on Election Day. Business owners are optimistic due to good weather forecast for Election Day.

08:04:

The level of the Kinneret has risen an additional two centimeters in the past 24 hours.

08:30:

The Central Bureau of Statistics reports that on an average, 10-11% of eligible voters are abroad on Election Day, reducing the number of voters by over a half a million.

10:00:

A school guard is listed in moderate condition and another employee in light condition after they were stabbed at a school on Tabor St. in Upper Nazareth. Police are trying to determine if the stabbing was a terror attack.

11:35:

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) told the Lebanese media that Israel has agreed to permit 150,000 Palestinian refugees in Syria to move to PA (Palestinian Authority) autonomous areas.

11:40:

IDF S. District Commander Major-General Tal Russo has announced his retirement after being passed over for Deputy IDF Chief of Staff. Major-General Sami Turgeman will replace Russo.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)