09:00:

The Knesset approved extending the state of emergency that exists since 1948 for an addition six months, until December 31, 2013.

09:30:

MK Nachman Shai is demanding an investigating amid reports another Prisoner X is being held in Ayalon Prison.

10:12:

Incoming Israeli Ambassador to Washington Ron Dermer has already met with US Secretary of State John Kerry.

10:40:

The 28-year-old male who collapsed in Jordan on his way to Kever Aaron HaKohen arrived at Eilat’s Yosef-Tal Hospital on Monday afternoon. His condition is described as stable.

10:55:

A 65-year-old Petach Tikvah resident was arrested after phoning President’s Residence, threatening to kill the president.

11:25:

Car bomb exploded in the heart of a Hizbullah area of Lebanon. Fatalities and causalities reported.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)