Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon closed its emergency room on Sunday morning due to severe overcrowding.

10:00: An Arab male armed with an axe was shot and wounded by security personnel at the Kalandia Checkpoint on Jerusalem�northern border after he tried killing security personnel. Baruch Hashem Security personnel escaped unharmed.

** �End the Occupation� graffiti painted on an office of the IDF Spokesman in Tel Aviv.

** Weekend rains have added to the Kinneret, which has risen over 33cm since Thursday.

** Tefilos for HaGaon HaRav Yaakov Chai [ben Margalit]Yosef will be held at the Kosel on Tuesday at 15:00, Yom Kippur Katan.

** A severe snowstorm has closed the Mount Hermon ski resort to visitors.

14:00: Golan Heights area schools are closing due to heavy snowstorm.

** MDA Chief Eli Bin visited the home of the Seret-Viznitz Rebbe to discuss enhanced cooperation between the EMS organization and the chassidus in Haifa.

15:25: The Bnei Tzion Hospital in Haifa emergency room is closed due to severe overcrowding.

(YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)