The body of the missing IDF soldier in the Beit Shemesh area was found alongside the soldier�s weapon and a suicide note. The lifeless body exhibited a gunshot wound.

** IDF soldiers taking part in counterterrorism operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron during the night arrested 11 suspects.

** Major� emergency exercise in the Petach Tikvah and Kiryat Ono areas today and erev Shabbos involving police, fire and other emergency response organizations.

** Chaggai Amir is scheduled to be released from prison after 16.5 years on erev Shabbos.

** A 15-year-old Jewish male was attacked by 3 Arabs near the Jewish home in Jerusalem�s Beit Haninah neighborhood. He was also hit with pepper spray. He was transported to a local hospital with light injuries.

(YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)