· Arabs who pelted police on Har Habayis with rocks earlier are holed up in al-Aqsa Mosque.

· Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto continues his testimony with police and will be taking a polygraph exam.

· Two Syrian nationals were admitted to Ziff Hospital in Tzfas during the night. They are in very serious and moderate condition.

· Former IDF Chief Rabbi Mordechai Piron z”l was niftar at the age of 93. The levaya is at 14:30 in Har Menuchos.

· Security forces destroyed illegal structures in the Binyamin Regional Council of Shomron, in the Zayit Ra’anan community.

· Seven dunams (1.75 acres) of nature reserves in S. Yerushalayim near Ramat Rachel went up in flames this morning. Investigators report the fire was the result of arson.

· 12:00: Train service in the Zichron Yaakov area halted due to a fire.

· A 37-year-old Hadera man is in custody after police found his rental car business was renting stolen and impounded vehicles.

· A 25-year-old Yokneam male was indicted in a price tag attack in which he allegedly slashed the tires of an Arab owned vehicle in a hate crime.

· Many Jerusalem streets will close at 15:00 to accommodate Jerusalem Day marchers.

· MK Tzachi Hanegbi, a close ally of PM Netanyahu, is now the deputy foreign minister. Ze’ev Elkin, who held the post, accepted a rotation arrangement with Yariv Levin to head the Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)