· Ichud Hatzalah: Two firebombs and stones were hurled at IDF soldiers near el-Aroub south of Gush Etzion. There are no reported injuries.

· Ichud Hatzalah: Four people including three children were injured when a tree fell on them in Ganei Yehoshua Park in Tel Aviv.

· IDF soldiers shot and killed two PA residents during a violent Nakba Day protest in Bituniya, PA sources report.

· 5 border policemen were injured in violent Nakba Day protests in the Jerusalem area.

· There are growing concerns surrounding what appears will be a severe shortage of buses to and from Meron on Lag B’Omer.

· An El Al flight from Tel Aviv to Italy had to make an unscheduled landing in Dubrovnik, Croatia after the pilot took ill.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)