08:03:

Two mortar shells from Syria landed in open fields in northern Israel on Monday night, an apparent spill over from fighting between government forces and insurgents. Israel did not retaliate.

08:05:

Ahead of rosh chodesh and the expected Women of the Wall prayer event, Kosel Rav Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz calls on Minister of Religious Services Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan to announce regulations that will prevent the Kosel from becoming a site of dispute.

08:30:

A Jerusalem taxi driver was stabbed and moderately injured in the Gilo area of Jerusalem on Monday night in a fare dispute.

08:35:

Another mortar shells fired in Syria lands in an open area in the Golan Heights. B’chasdei Hashem no injuries are reported.

10:17:

YNET: Health Ministry officials are calling on travelers to England to vaccinate against measles due to an outbreak in that country, particularly among the chareidi tzibur.

10:52:

The Lebanese media reports 13 Hizbullah terrorists were killed in Israeli attacks in Syria earlier in the week.

10:54:

“Billions” of locusts have been detected in the Ramat Negev region. Crop dusting planes are dumping pesticides to get rid of them.

12:01:

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) calls on Israel to accept US Secretary of State Kerry’s calls to return to negotiations, adding he is willing to resume talks as soon as PM Netanyahu agrees.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)