SECURITY/DEFENSE:

*IDF denies Arab media reports that UNIFIL troops will be taking up position in Kfar Rajar along Lebanese border after IDF troops leave the divided village.

*Border police stopped a vehicle transporting 10 PA illegals south of Kalkilye.

*Residents of the Aish Kodesh outpost near Shilo in Shomron report Arabs vandalized farming equipment.

*GSS chief tells the cabinet that during the first month of the Gaza ceasefire, terrorists imported large amounts of weapons and ammunition.

*Reports from Gaza state Hamas PM Haniyah underwent a non-specified surgical procedure but he is now “back at work”.

*Another day of protests at Na’alin against Arabs, Israelis and foreigners protesting the security fence. Security forces used riot-control adjuncts to restore order. One soldier was lightly injured.

POLITICS, DOMESTIC & MORE:

*The search continues in Peru for 22-year-old Tomer Ochoan, an Israeli citizen, who disappeared on 7 July in a boating accident.

*Members of Israeli basketball team may be indicted on suspicion of theft from duty free shop after returning home from game abroad.

*FM Livni told cabinet members at the Sunday meeting that Israel must respond to violations of the ceasefire with return fire.

*GSS Chief Diskin told the cabinet on Sunday that the recent Regev-Goldwasser prisoner deal encourages Hizbullah to kidnap additional soldiers.

*Deputy Defense Minister Vilnai following Sunday’s preparedness drill regarding rocket attacks into southern Israel stated he believes Hamas is trying to keep the ceasefire going in Gaza.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)