IDF soldiers taking part in counterterrorism operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron arrested 9 suspects during the night.

** The number of unemployed rose 0.5% last month to 185,500.

** A chief military medical officer of an EU nation died in a Tel Aviv hotel of an apparent heart attack. NATO community chief medical officers taking part in training exercise in Israel. The exercise will continue despite the death. Today�s venue is Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva.

** Partner (Orange) cellular in Israel reports annual profits down 25% to 146 million NIS.

10:12: Kibbutz Meitzar (Golan Heights) A male was transported to hospital in serious condition after being thrown from a horse and attacked by a wild boar.

** The issue of illegal aliens, primarily from Sudan and Eritrea living in southern Tel Aviv remains a top news story as more and more women continue to come forward to report they too were attacked.

(YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)