09:30:

Delays in takeoffs at Ben-Gurion International Airport due to job action by baggage handlers and solidarity strike by other employees.

10:00:

Israeli police at the Egyptian border nabbed smugglers with 150kg of hashish. The smugglers set the vehicle ablaze in the hope of destroying the evidence.

10:20:

Ben-Gurion union officials have declared a solidarity work action with baggage handlers and outgoing flights are being delayed an hour or more.

11:00:

Regular operations resume at the airport following job actions this morning.

14:44:

Seven Hamas security officers sustained light and moderate injuries when an explosive detonated in a training base east of Gaza City.

15:14:

Women of the Wall gathering at the Kosel this Friday, Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan, at 07:00.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)