Sunday News Briefs from Eretz Yisrael

ywnisrael.israelMotzei Shabbos, 19:00:

IDF soldiers detected a pipe bomb at the Chawarah Checkpoint. The bomb was neutralized without incident.

Motzei Shabbos, 21:14:

Automatic gunfire was directed at an IDF jeep in the Golan Heights near Tel Faris. No injuries were reported. Gunfire came from Syria

05:45:

50 Arabs manning an outpost in the E1 area near Maale Adumim were evicted by security forces.

09:56:

A number of booths in the Ashkelon Shuk were set ablaze during the night. There were no injuries. Police are investigating. A possible motive is not being reported.

10:34:

Following another cross-border shooting incident into the Golan Heights from Syria this morning, Defense Minister Moshe Ya�alon stated �We take such events very seriously,� blaming the Syria government for the cross-border incidents.

10:47:

It is now permitted to publish that Israel fired a Tammuz missile at the source of Syrian gunfire earlier, a missile based on Spike Long Range Missile technology.

11:09:

Official Turkish state media reports �an Arab diplomat� signaled Arab states may demand an apology from Israel similar to the apology made to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan regarding Israel�s killing of �Palestinians in the West Bank and Lebanese in Lebanon.�

12:26:

The ISA (Israel Security Agency � Shin Bet) reports five Arabs have been arrested near Ariel for alleged involvement in the rock-throwing attack that left Adele Biton critically injured about 10 days ago. She is still fighting for her life.

(YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)

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