15:50: Mortar shells land in the Kissufim area. No injuries reported.

16:09: Kassam rockets and mortar shells land in open fields. No injuries reported.

16:25: Rockets fired at the Greater Sderot area. No injuries.

*Israel permitting 106 trucks of humanitarian aid into Gaza, carrying 1,000 units of blood and other medical supplies. In addition, 22 injured Gazans are being transferred to Israeli hospitals. There is no stipulation to permit a Red Cross visit to Gilad Shalit or another gesture as a condition to the deal.

*Former IDF Chief Cantor, Lt.-Colonel Aryeh Brown, was niftar of a heart attack at the age of 75. The levaya took place in Segulah Cemetery in Petach Tikvah on Wednesday at 1:00pm

*200,000 school children remain home as a result of Hamas rocket attacks.

*Rantis Checkpoint, Shomron: Soldiers on Wednesday morning opened fire at a vehicle whose driver failed to stop for inspection. No injuries reported.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)