18:00: A firebomb was hurled at a bus traveling on the Abud Bypass Road. No injuries.

**The Bank of Israel on Monday lowered interest rates .25% to 0.75%, a new record low.

**49 people have been killed on the nation�s roadways since January 1, 2009.

**Bituach Leumi employees who struck in six cities on Monday announce they will return to regular work schedules on Wednesday.

**PM Olmert announces the suspension of Amos Gilad will not negatively impact efforts to obtain Gilad Shalit�s release. Officials in the PM�s Office add that Amos Gilad never addressed the issue of Shalit�s release so his suspension is not relevant to the matter.

**A soldier who serves in the IDF Rabbinate was sentenced to four months in prison for throwing rocks at police during the evacuation from an outpost near Adi Ad in Shomron.

**The IDF General Staff on Monday formally bid farewell to outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

**Hamas leaders accuse Fatah of arresting 80 Hamas-affiliated members in an act to sabotage unity talks.

**Arabs threw rocks at mispalalim as they left Kever Shimon HaTzaddik in eastern Yerushalayim on Monday evening.

**Hamas: Placing the Gilad Shalit issue atop of the agenda proves Israel is not genuinely interested in a ceasefire.

**Binyamin Netanyahu wishes to meet with Kadima leader Tzipi Livni for a second time on Friday.

**The PA (Palestinian Authority) has turned to the United States to intervene to prevent the demolition of illegal homes by Israel in eastern Jerusalem.

**Bayit Yehudi officials on Monday met with Council of Settlement officials to formulate demands for coalition talks.

20:30: Two vehicles were hit with rocks southwest of Shechem. Baruch Hashem, there were no injuries but damage was reported.

**During her participation in the Cairo donor conference next week, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to pledge a major sum towards rebuilding Gaza. While a final sum has not been set, it is expected to be in the area of $900 million.

**A bus was bombarded with rocks near al-Aroub in the Bet Lechem. No injuries reported.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)