**A Sderot child sustained light injuries on Thursday evening after finding remaining pieces of a Kassam rocket which he played with.

18:15: Firebombs hurled at an Israeli motorist near Kalkilye in Shomron. Baruch Hashem, no injuries.

**Hamas in Gaza has announced that families whose loved ones were killed would receive 1,000 euros and those whose homes were destroyed will receive 4,000 euros.

17:50: Chareidim in the Meah Shearim area of Yerushalayim are once again burning garbage bins in stormy protests. Protests are reported on Strauss, Yechezkel and Bar Ilan Streets over the situation concerning the Kever Rashbi in Meron.

**Beersheva District Court Justice Eliyahu Bitan has suspended restrictions placed on Yigal Amir by Israel Prison Authority officials after he granted a media interview without permission.

**Gaza Division Commander Eyal Eisenberg reiterated the Gaza war was “moral and justified”.

**Premiership hopeful Binyamin Netanyahu stated if elected, in his first term, he will lower income tax from 46% to 35%, stating this is not an election gimmick, but reality.

**A rally in support of Gilad Shalit will be held opposite the Prime Minister’s office on Friday telling Defense Minister Ehud Barak “Gilad Shalit was taken captive on your watch and it’s your responsibility to ensure he returns home!”

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)