Three mortar shells land in southern Israel. No injuries.

**Firebomb attacks on Hussan Bypass Road in Gush Etzion, near Betar. Damage but no injuries baruch Hashem.

**The Knesset Ethics Committee decided to impose a fine on Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Industry & Trade Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer for missing too many sessions. They will lose 6 and 4 days wages respectively.

**The trial of the Meah Shearim mom got underway on Wednesday in the Jerusalem District Court during which Justice Joseph Shapira read the indictment. The defense will respond next month.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)