Tuesday Morning News Briefs from Eretz Yisrael

A security guard was assaulted at Ra�anana Junction on Monday evening. The attackers fled with his weapon. The injured man was transported to Meir Hospital with moderate injuries. Three suspects were arrested later Monday night.

**The Arab driver/terrorist shot dead near Betar on Tuesday morning has been identified as a resident eastern Jerusalem.

**Explosions heard in the Akko and Nahariya areas on Tuesday morning were the result of IAF training exercises in the north, caused by sonic booms of fighter jets.

**The Spanish government has announced it is boycotting the Architecture Dept. of Ariel College because it is on �occupied territory�.

**IDF soldiers taking part in counter-terror operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron arrested 5 suspects on Monday night.

**9 people were injured in a collision between a bus and private vehicle on Histadrut Street in Haifa on Monday afternoon. One victim was listed in moderate condition and the remainder light.

**6 youths, ages 13-18, were injured when a horse ran wild on Yehoshafat Street in Akko on Monday. One was listed in moderate condition and the remainder light.

**The Beersheva Magistrate�s Court on Monday ordered a policeman to pay compensatory damage of NIS 1,500 to a waiter and serve 250 hours of community service for assaulting the waiter. The court explained the sentence was light since the officer has no previous record.

**Beersheva Magistrate�s Court Justice Nasr Abu Taber has authorized of a PA resident found illegally in Israel to permit him to wed during Id el-Fitr. The court stated the magnanimous decision was due to the fact that we are in the month of �slichos and rachamim�.

**White House spokesman Robert Gibbs on Monday stated while President Barak Obama hopes for progress in trilateral meeting with Netanyahu and Abu Mazen, there are no �grand expectations�.

**A 50-y/o male became the latest swine flu victim in Israel. He was niftar in Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba on Monday, where they explained he had other underlying chronic medical issues.

**3 Chinese workers locked themselves in a 22-story crane on Monday because of a wage dispute. After they were offered NIS 20,000, the disputed amount, they ended the 9-hour siege.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)

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