SECURITY/DEFENSE:

*Today, Sunday, is Gilad Shalit’s 910th day in Hamas captivity.

*19:39: Rockets land in Sderot.

*Channel 10 reporter Shlomo Eldar was arrested for entering Gaza in defiance of IDF ban. He was released with restrictions.

*21:25: Kassam rocket attack.

*A truck carrying 50,000 liters of gasoline to be smuggled into Gaza exploded in Sinai on Saturday as fuel was being removed. A number of homes were destroyed but miraculously, no one was killed.

*IDF soldiers involved in counter-terror operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron on motzei Shabbos arrested three suspects.

*07:43: Kassam rockets and mortar shells were fired into southern Israel. One man, a foreign worker, was lightly injured in Moshav Netiv HaAsarah. There are reports of damage to a number of agricultural hothouses.

*07:50: Kassam rocket(s) fired into Sderot. No injuries reported.

POLITICS, DOMESTIC & MORE:

*MK Rabbi Benny Elon, who landed an unrealistic slot on the new Bayit Yehuda Party list announced he is resigning from politics and does not plan to change his mind. He turned down an offer from the 9th place holder, Danny Dayan, to change his slot.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)