Rafiach Crossing between Egypt and Gaza closed due to national elections in Egypt.

** Beersheva police arrested the husband of a murder victim, both in their 30s. The husband is employed as a prison guard. Police say he husband locked their 3 children in a room and then murdered his wife, their mother by decapitating her. R�L this is just one of a growing number of daily reports of homicide in Eretz Yisrael.

** Rachel Efrat Atias, the survivor of the fatal accident in Tiveria earlier in the week, was released from Haifa�s Rambam Medical Center. She will be leaving with her aunt in Tzfat.

** Ofir Eini emerges the victor in the Histadrut National Labor Union elections with 2/3 of the vote. He was the incumbent and was competing against challenger Eitan Cabel.

** The average Israeli milk cow gives 11,410 liters of milk annually.

** Another Eritrean illegal was arrested. He stole a cellular telephone and money from a female soldier on Yigal Alon St. in Tel Aviv. She alerted police who apprehended the suspect.

13:48: Rocks hurled at Jerusalem light rail in Beit Haninah. No injuries or damage. Windows are rock-resistant.

(YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)