Another attack was averted after soldiers apprehended an Arab male concealing a 12 inch knife and firebomb at the Kalandia Ckpt on Jerusalem’s northern border on Tuesday afternoon.

**An Israeli who inadvertently entered PA-occupied Yericho on Tuesday was escorted out unharmed by PA security officials.

**Significantly warmer temperatures expected on Wednesday. Unseasonably warm temperatures expected through the remainder of the week.

**Border police apprehended an Arab male concealing a knife by the Machpelah in Chevron, marking the third instance near the Machpelah in the past 36 hours.

**A fireman in his 50s collapsed on Tuesday a short time after working a blaze in Afula. Resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful.

**A makeshift bomb ready for use and a firebomb were found as authorities checked a home in Araba in the north. A man in his 50s was taken into custody.

**Tuesday evening rush hour rock-throwing attacks at Israeli vehicles on the Gush Etzion – Chevron Road near al-Aroub.

**A bus was bombarded with rocks and bottles of paint near Halhoul, north of Chevron.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)