An infant on Bartenura St. in Elad swallowed a coin on Monday night. The child was transported to Schneider Children’s Hospital in light condition.

**Bomb-demolition technicians in Kiryat Shmona detonated an unexploded Katyusha rocket head found near the industrial area on Tuesday.

**Addressing a medical conference, a Health Ministry official reported over 1,300 Israelis were diagnosed with skin cancer in 2008. There were 70 recorded deaths as a result.

**A policewoman and a civilian sustained light injuries in a Monday evening rock-throwing attacks on Route 444 near Taibeh.

**Police in Bat Yam broke into a vehicle to rescue two infants left inside. They are reported in good condition. Their mother was summoned for questioning by police.

**The Jerusalem Planning Board on Monday suspended all construction on the Holyland project for three months.

**The Rishon L’Tzion Magistrate’s Court on Monday extended the remand of Meir Rabin for an additional seven days.

**PA sources report PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will be meeting in Egypt on Wednesday.

**An emergency preparedness training event will be held today in Tel Aviv’s Sheba Medical Center.

**Attackers on Tuesday morning sprayed a 33-y/o Tel Aviv University guard with pepper spray, stealing his gun and fleeing the scene.

**500 policemen were assigned to protest workers laying a new natural gas line between Yokneam and HaEmakim Jct. fearing violence from area land owners.

**Two policemen were injured lightly when they vehicle flipped during a pursuit of a suspect who failed to halt for a checkpoint in the Givatayim area. The suspect was apprehended.

**Three people were injured, two seriously, in a Tuesday morning MVA between a bus and two private vehicles in the Carmel Coast area near Moshav Megadim.

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

**Iran on Wednesday begins 8 days of naval exercises in the Gulf.

**“The Middle East may present the greatest threat of nuclear proliferation in the world today”, stated US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

**Chevron’s ancient Jewish cemetery was targeted by Arab arsonists on Monday. Firefighters were able to bring the blaze under control before it spread.

**Israel CBS: 71% of Israelis have computers at home and 91% surf the internet.

**Arab media: Hamas leaders in Damascus met on Monday to discuss a deal for the release of Gilad Shalit.

**Lebanon Al-Akhbar newspaper: A Lebanese resident of the a-Dura region was arrested on suspicion of spying for Israel. He admitted to the allegations.

**2 tons of dried zatar (hyssop) were confiscated and occupants of vehicle in Latrun area arrested on Tuesday. The zatar was cut in violation of the law.

**A 30-y/o woman sustained moderate injuries in a blaze in a home on Aliyah Shniya St. in Bnei Brak.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)