IDF soldiers taking part in counter-terrorism operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron apprehended 10 suspects on Monday night.

**Attorney General Menachem Mazuz announced he does not plan to intervene in the conflict surrounding the Jerusalem chief rabbinical slots.

**A Jerusalem court on Tuesday morning convened to hear the case against Aaron Teitlebaum arrested a few weeks ago in Karta parking lot protests on shabbos. He has been under house arrest until today’s hearing. The state wishes to have his house arrest extended.

**Chareidim are taking part in the firefighters and rescue course being given in Modi’in Illit.

**Deputy Education Minister R’ Meir Porush on Tuesday opened the two-day kenos in Nir Tzion for principals of seminaries around the country.

**A protest took place in Beersheva on Tuesday morning involving tens of people in front of the Discount Bank. They accuse the bank of stealing the funds of innocent people, referring to high bank charges.

**Deaths are reported in southern Gaza as a result of the collapse of weapons smuggling tunnels, reportedly the result of the heavy rainfall.

**Kadima leader Tzipi Livni told CNN she is ready to be placed under arrest and stand trial anywhere in the world to defense the IDF, insisting Operation Cast Lead was justifiable and moral.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)