13:56:

The PA Maan new agency reports a close aide to PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) signals Hamas is willing to enter a Fatah led coalition government.

15:00:

The Haifa District Court sentenced three youths to 15 month imprisonment for attacking and beating an IDF soldier near Rambam Medical Center last February in an unprovoked attack. The defendants were minors at the time of the attack.

15:42:

A soldier was lightly injured as a result of an accidental discharge of his weapon on a Golan Heights base.

17:00:

A 38-year-old male sustained moderate injuries in a fall at the Mount Hermon ski resort.

18:00:

MK Rav Yaakov Asher angrily told colleagues in the Knesset plenum that he has yet to hear a “thank you” from Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu or Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat for the work of the chessed organizations that worked tirelessly during the storm.

19:03:

A Lebanese MP blames Israel for a car bomb explosion near a Hizbullah base in eastern Lebanon today resulting in a number of casualties.

19:05:

Most Jerusalem schools will begin at 10:00 AM tomorrow morning.

19:19:

Mevasseret Tzion schools will reopen on Wednesday morning. Classes will begin at 10:00 AM.

19:30:

Jordan’s Petra news agency reports the government objects to newly installed surveillance cameras at al-Aqsa Mosque on Har Habayis by Israel.

19:45:

Israel Government Press Office reports up to 11,000 individuals from 74 countries have become opposition fighters in Syria since 2011, estimates report.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)