An apartment in predominately Arab Beit Haninah area of Jerusalem was totally destroyed in a blaze on Wednesday. A man in his 50s was extricated in a comatose state, transported to a Jerusalem Hospital.

**The body of a male believed in his 50s washed ashore in the Zichron Yaakov area. Police are investigating.

**AG Mazuz has closed the investigation for alleged political appointments against Transportation Minister (Likud) Yisrael Katz, citing a lack of evidence as the impetus for the decision.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)