SECURITY/DEFENSE:

*Today, Wednesday, is day 85 of the virtual Gaza ceasefire.

*Today is Gilad Shalit’s 808th day in Hamas captivity.

*An IDF Homefront Command training exercise took place on Tuesday night in the Tel Aviv area involving MDA, firefighters and other emergency agencies. The event continued until midnight.

*IDF soldiers involved in counter-terror operations in Yehuda and Shomron on Tuesday night arrested four suspects.

*Hamas security in Gaza reports apprehending two Fatah terrorists in possession of a large quantity of explosives on their way to carrying out an attack.

*Chawarah Checkpoint in Shomron: An Arab woman threw acid in the face of a soldier. He is reported in light condition, transported to a hospital. The woman escaped.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)