An Israeli motorist sustained light injuries in a rock-throwing attack on the road north of Chevron.

**2 Egged buses parked in the Meah Shearim area had their tires slashed; they were painted with graffiti and damaged, reportedly in response to obscene ads.

**3 additional swine flu deaths reported in Hamas-controlled Gaza.

**Settlement Council officials vow to combat Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s implementation of phase 2 of the construction freeze plan, the destruction of illegal homes.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)