IDF soldiers taking part in counter-terror operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron arrested 18 suspects on Wednesday night. Operating in the Shechem area, soldiers recovered 5 pipe bombs, 4 shotguns, 2 handguns, makeshift weapons and other unspecified ammunition.

**9:47AM: The Red Alert system detected a rocket launch from Gaza. False alarm Baruch Hashem.

**At least one person was killed in exchanges of gunfire between Fatah and Hamas terrorists in Gaza on Thursday morning.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)