12:33pm: An Israeli was lightly injured in rock-throwing attacks near Yitzhar in Shomron. He was hit in the chest with rocks.

13:08: A Sderot resident lightly injured in a rocket attack on Tuesday morning sustained shrapnel injuries to his face. He was taken to Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva.

*Today, Tuesday, is Gilad Shalit’s 919th day in Hamas captivity.

13:22: An Arab who threw a firebomb at security forces at Kalandia Checkpoint was shot and seriously wounded.

14:02: An Arab male was apprehended at Beit Iba Checkpoint in the Shechem district carrying an explosive device on his body. The device was neutralized without incident.

14:07: The nationwide Parent Teachers’ Association has canceled a planned strike scheduled to begin on Thursday due to the warfare in Gaza.

14:14: Color Red alert sounding in Sderot and Eshkol regions.

14:15: An Arab armed with a knife was apprehended at Chawarah Checkpoint in Shomron after trying to stab a female soldier.

15:05: Color Red sounding in Sderot

15:30: Katyusha rocket fired towards Beersheva, landing in an open area.

15:34: A Grad Katyusha rocket lands in a moshav outside Kiryat Malachi. Sirens sounding in Kiryat Malachi. A total of four rockets landed near Rahat, Be’er Tuvia and Kiryat Malachi. A number of people are being treated for hysteria. Rocket landed near Kastina Junction.  (Locations reported with permission of military censor).

*Irit Sheetrit HY”D of Ashdod, was laid to rest in her home town. Warrant officer Lutfi Nasraldin HY”D, from Dalyat el Carmel, was laid to rest in his home town this afternoon.

*IDF Homefront Command Colonel Yaron Bar-Daya reports all schools in the 0-30km range from the Gaza border will remain closed on Wednesday.

15:56: Rockets launched at Gaza-belt communities.

*Flyers calling for “Death to all the Jews from all the Arabs” were found on campus and in mailboxes of instructors of Ben-Gurion University on Tuesday morning.

*IDF reporting 95% accuracy in air force bombing raids.

16:04: Rockets heading to Ashkelon.

16:21: A toddler was injured in a rock-throwing attack near Ziff Junction in the Southern Chevron Hills area. He was transported to Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem.

16:46: Kassam rockets landing all over the Shar HaNegev area, Sderot, near the Kibbutz Miflasim dinning hall, and S’dot HaNegev. No injuries.

16:58: Rockets heading to numerous areas in Greater Sderot Areas.

*Channel 2 News: DM Barak and senior IDF command favor ground forces operation in Gaza. FM Livni is opposed to the move. PM Olmert opposes talk of a ceasefire at this stage of the operation.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)