08:40:

Kerem Shalom Crossing reopened this morning. 400 trucks will be delivering cargo to Gaza.

09:00:

Tekoa�s Rabbi Menachem Fruman Z�L was niftar after fighting a difficult illness over the past two years. He was an outspoken of dialogue with terrorist leaders towards achieving peace. The rav was 68-years-old. The levaya begins at noon in his home community of Tekoa.

09:09:

Former Defense Minister Moshe Arens was hospitalized after collapsing at a public gathering. He was treated by MDA and Ichud Hatzalah and transported to a Tel Aviv hospital in stable condition.

09:11:

Labor Party leader Shelly Yacimovich reports that former party member Amir Peretz was involved in paying for votes in the party�s primary election. Peretz has moved to The Movement Party.

10:59:

Police have arrested three males suspected of taking part in an assault against an Arab male in Tiveria. Two of them appear connected to a similar assault in Tel Aviv, police investigators report.

11:00:

The Jerusalem District Court lifted gag order, permitting publication of the star state witness in Holyland trial against former PM Olmert. The witness who was recently niftar was Shmuel Dechner, a real estate developer and Holocaust survivor.

12:12:

The PA Ma�an News Agency reports that Egyptian forces uncovered a weapons case in Sinai east of el-Arish including anti-tank mines.

(YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)