SECURITY/DEFENSE:

*12:26: Another wave of rockets hit S. Israel. No injuries.

*15:03: Arabs in Chevron threw gas grenades at an IDF post near the Machpelah.

*15:57: Two Kassam rockets fired into southern Israel.

*In the Wednesday evening rocket attack in a Sderot shopping center parking lot, 2 people were physically injured, 9 treated for hysteria and 15 vehicles were damaged.

POLITICS, DOMESTIC & MORE:

*Wednesday is the 13th yahrzeit of Rav Moshe Tzvia Neriya z”l, a prominent rosh yeshiva a leader of the Bnei Akiva network in Eretz Yisrael.

*A large brush fire erupted close to noon near Kibbutz Yad Mordechai as a result of a Kassam rocket attack.

*Former Prisoner of Zion Rav Yosef Mendelovitz will be joining the right-wing party headed by Rav Sholom Dov Ber Wolpe and Baruch Marzel.

*Two Israeli female hikers who were reported missing in Chile earlier in the week have been located. They are alive and well Baruch Hashem.

*Israel Airport Authority union officials signed a labor agreement that will bring them a salary increase in addition to 300 temporary workers receiving permanent employee status.

*Prominent journalist and Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) host Uri Orbach; a member of the dati leumi community, on Wednesday announced he is joining the Bayit Yehudi Party. He is guaranteed one of the first five slots on the party lineup.

*Sheba Medical Center reports an improvement in the condition of the Eilat accident victims.

*Health Ministry officials announced that rumors the children who died and/or became ill may be related to the popular Bomba snack produced by Osem. Ministry officials stated with absolute certainty that the rumor is baseless. Nevertheless, Osem’s stock dropped and a sharp drop in the TASE (Tel Aviv Stock Exchange) is also attributed to the rumor.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)