09:22: Six monkeys were stolen from the Chai Park Zoo in Kiryat Motzkin, a facility used to assist autistic children in addition to serving as a regular zoo.

** Human rights agencies report over 70 people were murdered in Syrian violence on Monday.

** At least 100 residents are not reporting to work in government hospitals today.

** The IDF Homefront Command conducted siren testing in the northern Negev area on Tuesday morning.

** IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz told members of the Knesset Foreign Affairs Committee today that he will likely be seeking government approval for a “significant operation” in Gaza to bring an end to rocket fire which has interrupted daily life in southern Israel.

** An Arab involved in rock-throwing attacks was taken into custody by IDF soldiers operating near Shechem.

14:22: A covering to a balcony in the Eilat Meriden Hotel collapsed, leaving one person in critical condition.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)