A security guard was assaulted at Ra’anana Junction on Monday evening. The attackers fled with his weapon. The injured man was transported to Meir Hospital with moderate injuries. Three suspects were arrested later Monday night.

**The Arab driver/terrorist shot dead near Betar on Tuesday morning has been identified as a resident eastern Jerusalem.

**Explosions heard in the Akko and Nahariya areas on Tuesday morning were the result of IAF training exercises in the north, caused by sonic booms of fighter jets.

**The Spanish government has announced it is boycotting the Architecture Dept. of Ariel College because it is on “occupied territory”.

**IDF soldiers taking part in counter-terror operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron arrested 5 suspects on Monday night.

**9 people were injured in a collision between a bus and private vehicle on Histadrut Street in Haifa on Monday afternoon. One victim was listed in moderate condition and the remainder light.

**6 youths, ages 13-18, were injured when a horse ran wild on Yehoshafat Street in Akko on Monday. One was listed in moderate condition and the remainder light.

**The Beersheva Magistrate’s Court on Monday ordered a policeman to pay compensatory damage of NIS 1,500 to a waiter and serve 250 hours of community service for assaulting the waiter. The court explained the sentence was light since the officer has no previous record.

**Beersheva Magistrate’s Court Justice Nasr Abu Taber has authorized of a PA resident found illegally in Israel to permit him to wed during Id el-Fitr. The court stated the magnanimous decision was due to the fact that we are in the month of “slichos and rachamim”.

**White House spokesman Robert Gibbs on Monday stated while President Barak Obama hopes for progress in trilateral meeting with Netanyahu and Abu Mazen, there are no “grand expectations”.

**A 50-y/o male became the latest swine flu victim in Israel. He was niftar in Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba on Monday, where they explained he had other underlying chronic medical issues.

**3 Chinese workers locked themselves in a 22-story crane on Monday because of a wage dispute. After they were offered NIS 20,000, the disputed amount, they ended the 9-hour siege.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)