Incapable of handling the severe overcrowding that continues to plague the hospital, nurses in Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva walked off the job at 10am for a second consecutive day.

** Unseasonably warm temperatures continue today.

** DM Ehud Barak: Hizbullah and Iran remain determined to strike out against Israel.

** Officials at Ben-Gurion Airport on 15 Shevat detained 3 people who were trying to smuggle 40kg of tropical fruits into the country.

** Turkish government officials condemned the attacks against Israeli diplomatic missions in Georgia and New Delhi.

11:00: Israel Radio reports New Delhi terror victim Tal Yehoshua Koren has partial lower extremity paralysis which doctors feel should pass as she recuperates from multiple shrapnel injuries to her liver, lungs and spine.

11:35: Public Security Minister Aharonovich announced in light of attacks in Georgia and New Delhi, Israel Police nationwide move to heightened alert status.

11:40: Real estate prices dropped on an average of 1% in Israel during the last quarter of 2011.

12:00: Crime scene forensic experts from Israel landing in New Delhi today to inspect site of bombing attack.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)