SECURITY/DEFENSE:

*13:50: Terrorists in Gaza fired at an IDF patrol near Kerem Shalom. No injuries were reported.

*14:53: Kassam rockets fired into southern Israel. No injuries reported.

*18:06: A firebomb was hurled at a bus near Karmei Tzur. No injuries reported.

POLITICS, DOMESTIC & MORE:

*Tourism minister says 2008 was the most successful year in the past decade.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)