IDF soldiers taking part in counter-terror operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron apprehended three suspects near Shechem.

**Convicted of driving a suicide bomber to Ariel Jct. in 2002, where the attack took place, Khaled Hamed was sentenced by a Shomron military court to three life sentences plus 40 years. Three people were murdered and 15 injured in the attack.

**12-year-old Hadar Simcha Dayan, the 12-y/o victim of swine flu, was laid to rest.

**Kiryat Arba rav and teacher Rabbi Tzion Tzadok z”l drowned on an Ashkelon beach during vacation. 

**A 23-y/o Migdal Ha’emek man is reported in serious condition after being stabbed. Police are investigating.

**An El Al flight that took off from Bucharest was compelled to make an unscheduled landing in Istanbul due to technical problems.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)