Route 444 was closed after a train broke down on the tracks near Ramle. The train broke down at the crossing as it blocked four lanes of vehicular traffic.

**A 52-y/o male with underlying medical issues died of swine flu in Haifa’s Ben Tzion Hospital, becoming the nation’s 28th victim.

**A stabbing attack was prevented when two Arab teens armed with knives were apprehended at Atarot Ckpt along the northern border of the capital.

**About 25 Ichud Hatzolah volunteers came out in numbers to join the protest of drivers of two-wheeled motorized vehicles who closed down streets in the capital on Wednesday in protest over significant hikes in insurance rates.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)