370 people were killed in vehicular accidents around Israel in 2009.

**The baby killed in Yerushalayim on Thursday was Fruma Inshen z”l, 8-months-old. Her father, 23, is being remanded on erev shabbos. He is undergoing psychiatric evaluation as well.

**5 people were arrested during the night as they tried making their way to Kever Yosef HaTzaddik in PA-occupied Shechem.

**Warmer and sunnier skies today, erev shabbos and on shabbos around the country.

**Gavaad Haifa HaRav HaGaon Yaakov Rosenthal will spend shabbos in Har Nof, attending a family simcha.

**IDF soldiers taking part in counter terrorism operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron apprehended two suspects on Thursday night.

**8 teens were transported to a Tzfas hospital with alcohol poisoning resulting from celebrations surrounding the Gregorian New Year.

**Value added tax has been dropped 0.5%, now 16%.

**An IDF soldier, a member of a Druse unit, sustained a light leg injury as a result of the accidental discharging of a weapon. The incident occurred on Thursday, in the Galil area. 

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)