SECURITY/DEFENSE:

*IDF, US a Turkish forces taking part in military exercises in the Mediterranean during coming days.

*A Kassam rocket landed near Sderot without injuries on Tuesday evening.

*A Jewish motorist mistakenly entered PA-controlled Kalandia. He was attacked by rocks and lightly injured.

POLITICS, DOMESTIC & MORE:

*Preemie infant who was forgotten in a morgue refrigerator on Monday for six hours died in Nahariya Hospital on Tuesday.

*Non-urgent surgeries were postponed in hospitals taking part in sanctions by physicians on Tuesday morning, including Soroka, Assaf HaRofeh and Nahariya Hospitals.

*Labor states it will not vote in favor of the budget in Sunday’s vote despite threats from PM Olmert to dismiss party leader Barak from his defense post.

*Police calling for an indictment against Ramat HaSharon Mayor Yitzchak Ruchberger on charges of fraud, bribery and breech of trust.

*Beijing Chabad shaliach Rav Shimon Freundlich reports he prepared challas for 80 people who took advantage of his offer to make kiddush and motzei for Shabbos.

*Electric short circuit resulted in a blaze in Spinka Beis Medresh in Bnei Brak on Tuesday afternoon. Sifrei Torah and other seforim were not damaged, Yated Ne’eman reports.

*22kg of cocaine and heroine apprehended by police operating along Israel-Lebanon border near Sasa.

*PM Olmert will be questioned by police again on Friday in the ongoing investigations against him.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)