A general closure was imposed on PA (Palestinian Authority) areas beginning at midnight until after Purim as security forces nationwide remain on heightened alert status, working to prevent a Purim week terror attack.

**Terrorists on Sunday evening opened fire at an army bulldozer operating near Kibbutz Nirim along the Gaza border. No injuries.

**Second monkey which ran away from Jerusalem’s Biblical Zoo on Sunday was located unharmed. The first monkey was located in the Ramat Sharet neighborhood shortly after running off on Sunday. The second monkey was located later in the day in nearby Bayit Vegan.

**IDF soldiers operating in Yehuda and Shomron on Sunday night arrested six suspects.

**Likud faction officials on Monday morning unanimously selected MK Reuven Rivlin for the post of Knesset speaker, which he filled during the last Netanyahu-led administration.

**Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stated no peace with Israel until there is a solution addressing the plight of 1.5 million Palestinians.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)