SECURITY/DEFENSE:

*Today, Sunday is day 110 of the virtual Gaza ceasefire.

*Today is Gilad Shalit’s 833rd day in Hamas captivity.

*IDF soldiers involved in counter-terror operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron on motzei Shabbos arrested nine suspects. No injuries are being reported.

POLITICS, DOMESTIC & MORE:

*Premier-designate Tzipi Livni is scheduled to meet with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner on Sunday. On Shabbos, Kouchner met with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen).

*President Shimon Peres last week phoned Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak, wishing them well on the Muslim holiday of Id el-Fitr.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)