Vehicles traveling near Sinjel in the Benjamin Regional Council area of Shomron, in the Gush Shilo area, were damaged in Monday night rock-throwing attacks. No injuries were reported.

**El Al has been granted rights to run flights to and from Eilat, joining Arkia and Israir.

**Former Israeli judge Dan Cohen, who fled the country 4 years ago in the wake of charges of accepting bribes, was placed under arrest in Lima Peru in compliance with an Israeli extradition request. Interpol was involved in the case. Cohen is alleged to have accepted NIS tens of millions in bribes.

**The prosecution is moving ahead with criminal indictments in the murder of Leonard Karp on a Tel Aviv beach on a Friday night.

**Rav Mordechai Tzemach [ben Mazel] Eliyahu Shlita is reported in stable condition in Shaare Zedek Medical Center on Tuesday morning.

**Two Gilad Shalit solidarity marchers were arrested outside Hadarim Prison during the Tuesday morning march. Police report they violated the terms of the permit by trying to block Route 4.

**IDF fighter jets targeted a southern Gaza weapons smuggling tunnel during the night in apparent retaliation for mortar rockets fired into Israel.

**The nation’s firefighters are stepping up sanctions as the dispute over budgetary issues continues.

**Lachish district police entered the yard of a home in Moshav Hodaya in the south on Monday. Police report the occupant refused to open the door, compelling them to jump the wall.  A mastiff guard dog bit a detective, prompting police to shoot and kill the animal.

**MDA reported on Monday night that in the preceding 24-hour period, 3 people were killed in vehicular accidents and 178 people injured, 6 moderately and the remainder light. 221 motorists and pedestrians were killed on Israel’s roadways since January 1, 2009.

**IDF soldiers taking place in counter-terror operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron on Monday night arrested four suspects.

**”Ki Teitzei LaMilchama” is the headline of the Eida Chareidit’s announcements that this coming shabbos, protests will run throughout the Holy Day, beginning on Friday night – announcing the move is to highlight the police brutality exhibited against protestors taking part in demonstrations during past weeks against the operation of Karta parking lot.

**Chacham HaRav Ovadia Yosef on Tuesday will be meeting with a US delegation headed by former US President Jimmy Carter. Shas leader Minister Eli Yishai will also be attending the meeting.

**PA sources in Gaza report two deaths as a result of the IAF bombing of a smuggling tunnel during the night.

**An IDF officer of the rank of major who was assigned to Texas in the USA is accused of submitting a fictitious bills totaling $44,000 in the hope of making money on the deal. The officer insists the receipts are genuine, explaining he and family members paid for English lessons.

**A bus traveling in the Chevron district was bombarded with rocks on Monday night, resulting in damage. Baruch Hashem, there were no injuries.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)