Today, 1 Kislev is the yahrzeit of the Mumbai terror attack. A total of 173 people were murdered in the attack.

**The IDF Homefront Command is ran tests on emergency air raid sirens in the Modi’in area at 11:00am.

**IDF soldiers taking part in counter-terrorism operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron apprehended 24 suspects on Tuesday night.

**According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, 62% of the population of Betar Illit is children, under 17.

**The Arabic al-Shark al-Awsat newspaper reports progress in talks towards the release of Gilad Shalit.

**A siren was sounded in the Shar HaNegev Council late Wednesday morning signaling an incoming rocket attack. Baruch Hashem, it was a false alarm.

**A 35-y/o female died of swine flu complications in Chadera’s Hillel Yafeh Hospital. Officials report the victim had “severe” underlying medical problems. Health officials report the death toll from the illness now stands at 51.

**City workers were attacked by Arabs as they carried out a demolition order for an uninhabited home in the predominately Jerusalem Arab neighborhood of Issawiya. Arabs pelted them with rocks. No injuries were reported.

**Two border policemen were arrested on Wednesday, suspected of beating an Arab man.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)