(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)

SECURITY/DEFENSE:

*Kassam rockets continued falling on Tuesday. Property damage reported.

*Soldiers uninjured in Shechem bomb attack.

*PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) landed in Washington where he will meet with US President Bush and Secretary of State Rice.

POLITICS, DOMESTIC & MORE:

*Severe sharav heat-wave conditions on Wednesday. Travelers urged to carry copious amounts of water and people with respiratory and cardiac problems should act accordingly.

*A Ramat Shlomo (Reches Shuafat) resident, a 49-year-old male, was moderately burned on Tuesday during a barbeque. He was transported to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital.

*Chareidi family injured in vehicular accident in the Galil on Tuesday.

*Changes in traffic patterns to continue in Yerushalayim on Wednesday to accommodate Chol Hamoed visitors.