*17:14: A rocket made a direct hit on a wall of a Sderot home. No injuries.

*17:40: PA sources are reporting that 12 terrorists were killed in an IAF attack on Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza.

*18:12: A truck carrying Grad Katyusha rockets was targeted successfully by the IAF in Jabalya.

*The Bank of Israel has lowered the interest rate by 0.75% to 1.75%, the lowest in the history of the state.

*Al-Jazeera reported the death toll has reached 323. Over 1,000 have been injured.

*18:39: A Kassam rocket struck an electric transformer in the Eshkol Regional Council leaving some residents without electricity.

*18:52: DM Barak is meeting in the Defense Ministry with the IDF chief of staff, senior advisors, ISA (Israel Security Agency – Shin Bet) director and other officials as they review the operation in Gaza and assess the overall situation.

*19:40: Arabs protesting in Jaffa are blocking Yefet Street. 1,000 people taking part in the protest.

*19:45: Kassam attack in Sderot.

*The largest storage facility of Grad Katyusha rockets is located under Shifa Hospital in Gaza. The IDF Spokesman on Monday released a statement denying plans to bomb the hospital, calling it Hamas propaganda.

*Ashkelon schools will remain closed on Tuesday. Schools in Gan Yavne will open following Chanukah vacation as per the IDF Homefront Command.

*UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned Israel for using “excessive force” in Gaza.

*Israel Police prevented residents of the Jerusalem Arab neighborhood of Beit Haninah from setting up mourning tents for Gaza victims.

*Reports from Gaza: Hundreds of terrorists armed with advanced anti-tank weapons are waiting for the IDF incursion.

*20:11: Massive stone-throwing attacks on Highway 443 near Atarot.

*20:18: Kassam rockets fired at Sderot.

*20:24: Rockets heading to southern Israel.

*20:36: Gunfire directed at an Israeli vehicle near Kalkilye. No injuries.

*Stormy anti-Israel protest outside the Israeli Embassy in London on Monday night, the second in as many days. Most participants are Muslim. A number of Neturei Karta are taking part as well.

*20:55: Kassam lands near Gaza border. No injuries.

*21:00: Police Monday night arrested two youths in Nazareth for throwing rocks at vehicles.

*21:29: A firebomb was hurled at a rear door of Jerusalem’s Hadassah Mt. Scopus Hospital. No injuries or damage reported.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)