A military need court sentenced an IDF soldier to 10 months in jail for assaulting a MDA medical team which responded to an IDF base, breaking the nose of a paramedic. The soldier was also instructed to pay the paramedic’s medical expenses of NIS 1,500.

**In a Thursday afternoon press event from the Knesset, veteran Labor MK and former Minister Ofir Pines announced his resignation from Knesset. Pines is among the party members who strongly oppose the leadership of Ehud Barak.

**Foreign media reports indicate IAF fighter planes flew over Har Dov along the Syrian border.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)