IDF soldiers taking part in counter-terrorism operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron apprehended 9 suspects on Sunday night.

**The soldier killed by a fellow soldier’s gunfire in a Beersheva mall on Sunday has been identified as Staff Sergeant Elabid Ramez, 21, from Rahat. Both he and the shooter were members of a Bedouin unit in the IDF.

**Bat Yam Mayor Shlomo Lachyani and a number of city employees were questioned by police on suspicion of illegal activities. They were arrested by police during the night and police raided their offices and confiscated documents.

**A gas station near Majdal Krum in the Galil was targeted in an armed robbery on Monday morning.

**The Kalandia Ckpt will be closed from noon for one hour to accommodate a border police training exercise.

**Unseasonably warm temperatures to continue on Monday. A sharp drop in temperatures expected on Tuesday and Wednesday as a wet winter storm moves in.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)