The attorney for the bus driver responsible for last week’s fatal crash in the north has requested that his client undergo psychiatric evaluation. 5 people were killed and dozens injured in the crash.

**About 2 dozen chareidi protestors started a brush fire near Shikma Prison in Ashkelon as protests surrounding Barzilai Hospital continue. Firefighters brought the fire under control B”H.

**A rosh kollel by the name of Rav Reinreich was among about 12 people arrested at the Jaffa area dig site where bones have been found. The rabbi is reported to be 70+ years old.

**MK Menachem Moses is threatening his party may break from the coalition in response to the moving of the bones at Barzilai Hospital.

**MK Mohammed Barakeh opposes the inclusion of Holocaust studies in the Arab curriculum from a “Zionist perspective”.

**Two Israel Electric Company employees in their 40s sustained serious injuries from a fall while operating in a Lower Galil area. They were transported by chopper to the trauma unit if Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)