· Sirens sounded in the Eshkol Regional Council shortly before 7:00 AM. B’chasdei Hashem there were no fatalities or injuries.

· Physicians in Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital will be holding a one-hour meeting to decide on what actions to take in light of the medical center’s increasingly difficult fiscal situation.

· IDF soldiers taking part in counter-terrorism operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron arrested 18 suspects during the night.

· Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem physicians move to a Shabbos schedule for an undetermined time period in a protest move over salary payment issues resulting from the hospital’s financial problems.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)