YWN Eretz Yisrael Morning News Roundup � 8/29/08

SECURITY/DEFENSE:

*Today, Friday, is day 73 of the virtual Gaza ceasefire.

*Today is Gilad Shalit�s 797th day in Hamas captivity.

*IDF soldiers involved in counter-terror operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron on Thursday night apprehended three suspects.

*Ynet: A bus was targeted by Arab stone-throwers near Chevron on Thursday night. No injuries were reported.

POLITICS, DOMESTIC & MORE:

*The search for Rose, the 4.5-year-old Netanyahu girl believed murdered, has been called off for now.

*Egyptian police arrested 21 members of the Muslim Brotherhood. Some 800 members of the organization have been detained this year.

*At least one person was seriously injured by gunfire in Jerusalem�s Beit Safafa neighborhood during the night in a rival faction feud.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)

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