*A soldier was lightly injured over Yomtov as a result of the accidental discharge of a weapon on an IDF base. He was transported to Soroka Hospital in Beersheva.

*Premier-designate Livni and Labor Party leader Barak met to discuss coalition efforts over Rosh Hashanah.

*An EMT who responded with an MDA ambulance to his wife in labor delivered their boy at Ariel Jct. in Shomron. Both mother and son are reportedly doing fine; they were transported to Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikvah.

*A 30-year-old male hang gliding smashed into a roof of a Sderot Yam community. He later died of his massive injuries in Hillel Yafeh Hospital in Chadera.

*UK: Police arrested 64-year-old Holocaust denier Gerald Fredrick Toben, acting on a German arrest warrant. He was taken into custody upon landing in Heathrow Airport.

*Dir Spiegel reports Hizbullah sent a document to the Lebanese government dated 30 September citing areas off limits to Lebanese military aircraft. Hizbullah recently downed a Lebanese military chopper.

*Hizbullah has issued a travel advisory to its senior commanders to stay out of Syria following last week’s bomb attack that claimed at least 17 lives.

*In his Id el-Fitr address, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei assured the crowd of holiday participants that Iran stands firmly behind Hamas’ Prime Minister Ismail Haniyah and together, the defeat of the Zionists is ensured.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)