A worker fell into a Ramat Beit Shemesh elevator shaft on Wednesday evening and sustained serious injuries.

**Emergency sirens will be tested in the Chatzor air force base today.

**An 11-month-old infant was bitten by the family dog in Netanya on Wednesday afternoon. The child arrived in Meir Hospital in moderate-to-serious condition.

**A 38-y/o woman residing in a shelter was arrested on Wednesday. She is suspected of calling the police ‘100’ operator and threatening to murder the prime minister. She was ordered to undergo psychiatric evaluation.

**A cyclist was struck by a vehicle and critically injured on Thursday morning on Route 431 near Matzliach. The 30-y/o male was pronounced dead in Assaf HaRofeh Hospital.

**The Justice Ministry has ordered Chinuch Atzmai to halt the salary of Rav Avraham Yosef Lazerson.

**MK Moshe Gafne filed a complaint with the Israel Press Council against radio host Gabi Gazit.

**Deputy Minister Porush calls to oust Gazit from his radio slot for his “anti-Semitic remarks”.

**Three youths camping overnight near Meron were awakened by what they believed was a large creature. It appears a jackal bit through the sleeping bags of two of them, injuring them very lightly. They did not require hospitalization but they were treated for rabies.

**Ichud Hatzalah EMTs delivered a baby girl on Beit Yisrael Street in Beit Shemesh. Mother and daughter reportedly doing fine.

**IDF soldiers taking part in counter-terrorism operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron arrested 24 suspects on Wednesday night. One soldier sustained light injuries during the operation.

**Libyan leader Muammar Kaddafi met in Sharm el-Sheikh with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)