**UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Israel on Wednesday morning and will be traveling to Cairo in an effort to expedite a ceasefire in the region.

**The UN on Thursday to hold a special session to discuss the Gaza War.

**Rockets and mortar shells were fired into northern Israel earlier on Wednesday morning. Authorities are investigating. No injuries were reported.

**Netanyahu calls for toppling the Hamas regime in Gaza.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)