SECURITY/DEFENSE:

*Today, Friday, is day 52 of the virtual Gaza ceasefire.

*Today is Gilad Shalit’s 776th day in Hamas captivity.

*IDF soldiers involved in counter-terror operations in Yehuda and Shomron on Thursday night arrested two suspects.

POLITICS, DOMESTIC & MORE:

*Abu Mujahed, of Gaza’s Popular Resistance Committee, announced on Thursday the ceasefire made end in three weeks. He explained they are not pleased with Israel’s foot-dragging on the issue of opening border crossings and Israel has until the end of the 10th week of the ceasefire to open the crossings.

*Three people were killed in a light plane crash in Haifa on Thursday.

*PM Olmert to be questioned by police on Friday for a fifth time.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)