Day 4 of the nationwide Gilad Shalit freedom march. Over 2,000 people took part in the morning startup of the day’s event.
**Tehila Malachi z”l, the 6-month pregnant woman killed in a car accident near N’vei Tzuf on Tuesday was buried in the Beit El Cemetery on Tuesday afternoon. Doctors were unable to save her unborn child.
**FM Lieberman in an address to a forum sponsored by Hamodia announced the 10-month construction freeze will not continue after that time period runs out.
**2.68 million travelers are expected to pass through Ben-Gurion International Airport during the summer.
**6 Arab residents of Khirbat al Misbah, suspected of taking part in rock-throwing attacks against Israeli motorists traveling on Highway 443 were taken into custody.
**A Kassam rocket attack during the predawn hours. The rocket slammed into a packing facility in a kibbutz in the S’dot HaNegev Council. No injuries. Heavy damage reported. Baruch Hashem, the night shift was not working as it regularly does.
**IDF soldiers taking part in counter-terrorism operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron apprehended two suspects in the Beit Lechem area on Tuesday night.
**Tonight is the 51st yahrzeit of Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Halevy Herzog, Israel’s first chief rabbi.
**After a 14-month state-of-emergency, Mexican officials have returned to regular operations following months during which swine flu cases in that country are reportedly under control. The illness, first recorded in that country, spread around the world, including to Eretz Yisrael.
**Over 3000 dunam (750 acres) of forestry was destroyed in a blaze near Moshav Tirosh in the Beit Shemesh district.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)