A bomb was detonated against IDF soldiers near Chevron during the early afternoon hours. No injuries were reported.

**An estimated 20,000 people took part in the Israeli Arab community event remembering the Oct. 2000 riots in which 13 people were killed.

**The Hatikvah Party is planning to set up a protest sukka during yomtov to bring attention to the widespread illegal Arab construction in the Negev.

**Shas party ministers left the cabinet meeting on budget cuts in protest, leaving behind notes stating they oppose any such move.

**Police make additional arrests in eastern Jerusalem, Arabs suspected of involvement in Yom Kippur riots and firebomb attacks.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)