12:40: Mortar shell lands near Erez Crossing, the location of Israel’s medical clinic established to increase humanitarian aid to Gazans.
12:54: Sirens sounding in Ashkelon. Explosions are being reported. There are no reports of physical injuries at this time.
**A Givati Brigade soldiers who was among the wounded from Shabbos is now reported to be improving Baruch Hashem, and he is listed as moderate, having regained consciousness and breathing without the assistance of a mechanical device.
**Three paratroopers injured on Shabbos are also improving, with one upgraded to moderate from moderate-to-serious and a second as moderate from serious. The two remain in Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikvah.
**In Tel Aviv’s Tel Hashomer Hospital, two paratroopers wounded on Shabbos remain in serious condition.
**Minister (Labor) Binyamin Ben-Eliezer told Israel Radio that no deal has been signed to date and Israel has embarked on a unilateral move at present. That is to say that before a deal is reached, the issue of Gilad Shalit will be addressed.
**Meretz MK Zahava Gal-On is calling on the IDF to withdraw immediately form Gaza following Israel’s announced unilateral ceasefire.
**Britain announced it will be sending additional 20 million pound sterling in aid to the residents of Hamas-controlled Gaza.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
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How much money are they sending to the residents of Sderot, Ashkelon, Ashdod etc. whose homes have been destroyed by the real terrorists? What happened to the (misused) term ‘proportionate’ all of a sudden?