Lebanon’s newly elected leader, Said el-Hariri, the son of assassinated Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, announced on Monday that the new government will include two Hizbullah cabinet ministers.

**Apple Israel released a statement that the iPhone will go on sale in Israel officially on December 10th. Cellcom, Orange and Pelephone cellular providers will be permitted to launch their subscriber package campaigns two weeks prior to the release date.

**The Petach Tikvah Magistrate’s Court extended the remand of Yaakov Teital for an additional five days.

**A pedestrian was moderately injured when struck by a vehicle in Bat Yam on Tuesday morning.

**Modu phone official Dov Moran denies rumors that 80 employees are being laid off.

**During a radio interview, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner called on PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) not to resign.

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-General Gabi Ashkenazi remains opposed to an internal probe into Operation Cast Lead based on the Goldstone Report.

**The verdict from a military appeals court on Tuesday is expected to announce it decision in the case of Brig.-Gen. Moshe Tamir, who faces court-martial demotion to the rank of colonel in the case of his son driving a military vehicle without authorization and the officer covering up his involvement in an accident.

**IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-General Gabi Ashkenazi announced on Tuesday that Hizbullah is armed with tens of thousands of rockets, some with a range of 300km (180 miles) and 325km (195 miles).

**Security personnel at the Knesset on Tuesday morning neutralized a situation in which a man claiming to have gas canisters in his vehicle threatened to blow himself up in the parking lot.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)