The haze conditions which moved in around Israel on Wednesday are being pushed away by dropping temperatures, high winds, and heavy clouds, as a major rainstorm is predicted to begin towards evening in the north, making its way south during the night.

**An Israeli motorist was targeted in a Thursday afternoon rock-throwing attack in Chevron.

**DM Barak has received an official invitation to visit in Turkey with Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul next month.

**Confrontations ongoing during the afternoon hours between Civil Administration inspectors and residents of Dolev in Shomron.

**9 arrests reported in Jerusalem on Thursday afternoon as police break up a PA rally in the Old City.

**Two Israelis who unintentionally entered PA-controlled Kalkilye were escorted out unharmed by PA security forces.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)