Syria denies Israeli reports that the vessel seized was carrying arms, insisting it was an innocent freighter.

**Israeli Ambassador to Turkey Gabi Levy was targeted by students who pelted his vehicle with eggs, chasing the vehicle and then trying to cause damage to it. No injuries were reported. Police responded and removed the youths.

**Over 10,000 guests are taking part in the Wednesday night chasnah in the Sanz Chassidic Court in Netanya. The choson in the ben-zikunim of the Rebbe Shlita.

**Tzfas Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu has called on the tzibur to continue tefillos on behalf of his father, Rishon L’Tzion HaRav Mordechai [Tzemach ben Mazel], whose condition remains serious, not showing signs of improvement.

**Knesset Speaker wants to know how Kadima opposition MKs were permitted into the plenum with political stickers pertaining to the water tax.

**The rains have ceased [only temporarily we hope] and the forecast through shabbos calls for sunshine and unseasonably warm temperatures.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)