SECURITY/DEFENSE:
• 4 Kassam rockets land in open areas of Shar HaNegev Regional Council district on Tuesday morning. No injuries or damage reported.

• No injuries in rock-throwing attack against a vehicle in S. Chevron Hills near Tarkumiya on Monday night. Damage reported.

• A bomb placed near the Gaza border fence exploded near Kissufim without any injuries on Monday night.

• A mortar shell landed near Kissufim without injuries on Monday night.

• 3 mortar shells landed near Kibbutz Nachal Oz on Monday afternoon. No injuries or damage reported.

• An Arab hurling a firebomb at soldiers in the Beit Omar Outpost in the Gush Etzion district was shot and wounded by soldiers.

 
POLITICS, DOMESTIC & MORE:
• Channel 2 reported on Monday night that Hamas approves ‘Tahadiyeh’ cessation of attacks.

• Foreign report: Lebanese army preparing to engage Hizbullah.

• Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salem Fayyad reports Israel will be transferring some $74 million in back held taxes as required by agreements.

• Gaza: PA sources report a terrorist was killed when a weapons smuggling tunnel collapsed on Monday night.

• Mr. Noam Shalit confirms the handwriting of latest letter is indeed that of his son Gilad.

• MK Effie Eitam stated PM Olmert is “unfit” to send soldiers into battle, referring to a major military operation in Gaza.

• 2 PA residents were found hiding in the trunk of a vehicle at the Eliyahu Passage near Qalqilye on Tuesday night. They were taken into custody.

• Postal Authority sanctions begin Tuesday morning.

• State-employed social workers continuing sanctions.

• Heat-wave breaks and cooler temperatures are moving in. temperatures are expected to drop on Wednesday as well. (Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)