09:30:

IDF soldiers taking part in counter-terrorism operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron during the night arrested eight suspects.

09:45:

A pipe bomb was discovered at the corner of Dizengoff and Basel Streets in Tel Aviv. Bomb team summoned.

10:00:

A fire broke out in a Kiryat Shmona Shul on Chana Shenesh Street. There was damage reported to the structure.

10:10:

Undercover police have led to the arrest of 27 drug dealers in northern Israel.

10:30:

The Women of the Wall organization will be holding their rosh chodesh event at the Kosel at 07:00 this Friday, Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan.

11:00:

Two minors arrested in Jerusalem during the early morning hours for allegedly damaging Arab vehicles.

12:00:

The bomb discovered earlier (09:45 report) in Tel Aviv was learned to have been attached to the underside of a vehicle but it apparently fell to the street.

12:14:

A 19-year-old factory worker in Caesarea was moderately injured when she was crushed by the closing metal gate as she tried entering while it was shutting.

12:12:

MDA treating a 20-year-old man at the Port of Ashdod with a partial amputation of a hand, most likely from a shark bite. Paramedics report he is in moderate condition. The incident occurred on Pier 30.

13:00:

95 octane gasoline prices at self-service pump expected to drop 40-45 agorot/ liter later this week.

13:13:

Bank robbery in Shavit neighborhood in Givatayim earlier today. No injuries.

14:13:

Education Ministry Director-General Dalit Stauber announced she is stepping down in October after 35 years in the field of educational service.

15:31:

A girl about 7-months-old lost consciousness in a Shmuel HaNavi Street daycare center in Jerusalem. Despite Ichud Hatzalah resuscitation efforts, the child did not survive.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)