Motzei Shabbos, 19:00:
IDF soldiers detected a pipe bomb at the Chawarah Checkpoint. The bomb was neutralized without incident.
Motzei Shabbos, 21:14:
Automatic gunfire was directed at an IDF jeep in the Golan Heights near Tel Faris. No injuries were reported. Gunfire came from Syria
05:45:
50 Arabs manning an outpost in the E1 area near Maale Adumim were evicted by security forces.
09:56:
A number of booths in the Ashkelon Shuk were set ablaze during the night. There were no injuries. Police are investigating. A possible motive is not being reported.
10:34:
Following another cross-border shooting incident into the Golan Heights from Syria this morning, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon stated “We take such events very seriously,” blaming the Syria government for the cross-border incidents.
10:47:
It is now permitted to publish that Israel fired a Tammuz missile at the source of Syrian gunfire earlier, a missile based on Spike Long Range Missile technology.
11:09:
Official Turkish state media reports “an Arab diplomat” signaled Arab states may demand an apology from Israel similar to the apology made to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan regarding Israel’s killing of “Palestinians in the West Bank and Lebanese in Lebanon.”
12:26:
The ISA (Israel Security Agency – Shin Bet) reports five Arabs have been arrested near Ariel for alleged involvement in the rock-throwing attack that left Adele Biton critically injured about 10 days ago. She is still fighting for her life.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)