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Monday Afternoon News Briefs from Eretz Yisrael


Monday afternoon rock-throwing attacks from Luban a-Sharqiya in Shomron, north of Yishuv Eli. Damage to vehicles reported. No injuries.

**Speaking in Argentina at a memorial for the victims of the 1992 terror attack against the Jewish community center, President Shimon Peres stated Iran was most likely involved, adding “we will not permit them to obtain nuclear weapons”.

**A 37-y/o male was stabbed in his upper torso in an incident occurring on Gilad Street in Ramat Gan. He was transported to Ichilov Hospital in Petach Tikvah, listed in moderate-to-serious condition. No suspects are in custody.

**Israeli security personnel in Buenos Aires report Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner postponed a visit by Venezuelan President Hugo Chaves due to President Shimon Peres’ presence.

**PM Netanyahu is considering postponing a vote on the Biometric Bill, to create a nationwide DNA database. There is much debate for and against; with opponents fearing the database falling in the wrong hands in addition to others insisting it is a gross violation of one’s privacy.

**The IDF Homefront Command will test emergency sirens in Eilat at 2:15pm on Tuesday.

**A 70-y/o woman drowned off the coast of the Dead Sea Monday, on one of the hotel beaches. MDA was summoned and medics tried to resuscitate her but they were compelled to pronounce her dead on the scene.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)



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