09:00:

Jerusalem light rail service was delayed this morning due to a suspicious object in the area of the tracks in the French Hill neighborhood.

09:32:

The official farewell ceremony for outgoing Defense Minister Ehud Barak scheduled for tonight in the Palmachim Base is being postponed due to the death of 2 pilots in the Cobra combat helicopter crash.

11:02:

Health Ministry officials’ are calling on Tel Aviv City Hall to cut Friday’s marathon to a half marathon due to weather predictions of a sweltering ‘sharav’ heat wave on Friday. Predicated temperature for Tel Aviv Friday stands at 34C (93.5F).

12:03:

Four teens were indicted in a Tel Aviv court in the assault against an Arab city sanitation worker.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)