· A PA resident in his 20s involved in rioting in el-Amari near Ramallah was killed by IDF soldiers after hurling an explosive device at them. B’chasdei Hashem the soldiers did not sustain fatalities or injuries. The rioting began when soldiers arrived to make an arrest in the area.

· US Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in Iraq and he will be meeting with that country’s prime minister.

· Israel Police Central District Chief Bruno Steins announces his resignation. He was a candidate to become police chief but current Chief Yochanan Danino got the top slot.

· Another seriously wounded Syrian national has been transported for treatment to an Israeli hospital. Israeli hospitals have already treated over 800 Syrians wounded in that country’s civil war.

· Haifa City Hall welfare officials announce they will be distributing 1,500 food packages to city residents ahead of Rosh Hashanah.

· A building in the Maale Rechavam outpost in Gush Etzion was razed by security officials today. Outpost officials’ decried the move, which they say contradicts the recent announcement that areas in Gush would be declared state land.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)