07:00:

Air raid sirens were heard at about 17:30 on erev Yom Kippur in Ashkelon. B”H it was a false alarm and not a rocket attack.

07:40:

Ziff Hospital in Tzfas accepts its 97th Syrian wounded. This victim is reportedly a 10-year-old wounded by mortar fire.

09:30:

The Jerusalem – Tel Aviv Highway is closing intermittently in the direction of Yerushalayim between 10:45-12:15. The same will be true in the opposite direction, towards Tel Aviv, 16:00-17:00, due to US Secretary Kerry’s visit

09:55:

Five matzeivos in Kibbutz Mizra were vandalized during Yom Kippur along with brush in the cemetery area.

10:10:

Meuchedet HMO employees are continuing with work sanctions that began last week. The sanctions include a refusal to take blood samples from patients arriving at outpatient clinics.

11:00:

State memorial service marking 40 years since the Yom Kippur War taking place today.

11:30:

Defamatory graffiti against Eilat Mayor Meir Yitzchak Levy in Beit HaChayal in that city. No suspects at this time. Police investigating.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)