The large explosion heard in the Beit Hanoun area of N. Gaza was caused by terrorists who were preparing a bomb. They were both killed as a result of their ‘work accident’.

**100-y/o Miep Gies, who helped to hide Anne Frank from the Nazis, died in her home on Monday.

**Israel Police Chief Cohen announced investigations took place against 70 municipal leaders during the past 3 years, decrying the unacceptable level of fraud and dishonesty in the Israeli public sector.

**Israeli backpacker Tami Yadudayev, who was arrested in Tashkent last week with bullets in her bag, was released and is heading home. She explained that she borrowed a bag from a friend who serves in the IDF reserves, explaining the bullets.

**Tonight will be the 121st yahrzeit of Rav Shimshon Raphael Hirsch zt”l.

**Early morning rock-throwing attacks at Israeli vehicles in Shomron, south of Shechem.

**Tuesday morning rock-throwing attacks against Israeli motorists on Route 35 near Tarkumiya in S. Chevron Hills area.

**10 Sharon area youths were arrested on Tuesday for their alleged involvement in a cellular telephone theft ring operating in the school.

**CNN: Israeli Ambassador to Turkey Gabi Levy was summoned for a talk with the nation’s deputy foreign minister.

**A security guard at an Israel Electric station in Dovrat in the north was attacked on Monday night, sustaining light injuries. His weapon was stolen.

**3 additional policemen from the Yarkon District were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the case of an alleged beating of an Arab male. Other policemen were arrested earlier in the week, and some are under house arrest.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)