Gazan residents on Saturday protested in the Rafiach area demanding the border crossing to Egypt be reopened.

**Egypt announced on Saturday night that he Rafiach Crossing would be opened on Sunday and Monday.

**Hamas leaders announce talks will resume during the week to reach an agreement with Fatah.

**A police officer was crushed to death on Morasha Bridge as he was trying to assist his son whose vehicle broke down. A passing truck smashed into him. The victim, Commander Jackie Lugosi, headed the force’s K-9 unit.

**Senator John Kerry met in Damascus with President Bashar al-Assad.

**Public Security Minister Avi Dichter prohibited a Saturday night event from taking place in an eastern Jerusalem theater explaining the event was PA (Palestinian Authority) sponsored.

**The IDF fired at least six artillery shells into southern Lebanon following the Shabbos morning Katyusha rocket attack into the western Galil.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)