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Tuesday Morning News Briefs from Eretz Yisrael


Three people sustained light-to-moderate injuries when a vehicle overturned on Tel Aviv’s Shaul Wallenberg Street during the night.

**17 terrorists who reside in eastern Yerushalayim are to be released in the Shalit prisoner exchange deal, Haaretz reports.

**A bus was targeted in rock-throwing attacks in Shomron during the early afternoon, from Fouriq, between Shechem and Yishuv Itamar.

**Two Arabs were taken into custody at the Beka’ot Checkpoint after a makeshift hand grenade and knives were found in their possession. They were concealing the weapons on their bodies.

**70 Haifa and Krayot area high school students are suspected of drug use and dealing.

**An Israel Electric Company transformer caught fire near a Holon school, resulting in the students being dismissed from class early.

**Two cases of rabies are being reported in the Lower Galil area.

**The trial of the so-called “abusive rabbi”, Eliezer Chen, is underway.

**Minister of Social Affairs (Labor) Yitzchak Herzog canceled a Wednesday meeting with Shomron Regional Council head Gershon Mesika after the latter tore up a government stop-construction order. Pines stated he would not tolerate such brazen defiance of the law.

**Aravah area farmers today beginning a weeklong march to the capital to protest to compel the government to permit bringing Thai farm workers in time for the upcoming harvest of crops

**IDF soldiers taking part in counter-terror operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron arrested three suspects on Monday night.

**A 76-y/o male with an underlying chronic illness died of swine flu in Ichilov Hospital on Tuesday. 

**1 terrorist was killed and 6 injured when a grenade exploded in the Shati area of Gaza on Monday night. The dead and injured reportedly affiliated with the al-Aqsa Brigade terrorist unit.

**5 British citizens were detained by the Iranian Navy on 25 November after straying into Iranian waters. They are said to be unharmed. British Foreign Office officials are handling the matter.

**A 16-y/o Arab male was arrested on Monday night after a 34cm (13”) knife that he was concealing was discovered by soldiers.

**An Arab who appeared under the influence of alcohol brandished a knife against IDF soldiers near Betar Illit on Monday night. He was taken into custody.

**British rock singer Pete Doherty apologized after singing the Nazi anthem Deutschland Ueber Alles during a performance in Munich. He was booed off the stage by the angry guests.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)



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