12:33pm: An Israeli was lightly injured in rock-throwing attacks near Yitzhar in Shomron. He was hit in the chest with rocks.

13:08: A Sderot resident lightly injured in a rocket attack on Tuesday morning sustained shrapnel injuries to his face. He was taken to Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva.

*Today, Tuesday, is Gilad Shalit�s 919th day in Hamas captivity.

13:22: An Arab who threw a firebomb at security forces at Kalandia Checkpoint was shot and seriously wounded.

14:02: An Arab male was apprehended at Beit Iba Checkpoint in the Shechem district carrying an explosive device on his body. The device was neutralized without incident.

14:07: The nationwide Parent Teachers� Association has canceled a planned strike scheduled to begin on Thursday due to the warfare in Gaza.

14:14: Color Red alert sounding in Sderot and Eshkol regions.

14:15: An Arab armed with a knife was apprehended at Chawarah Checkpoint in Shomron after trying to stab a female soldier.

15:05: Color Red sounding in Sderot

15:30: Katyusha rocket fired towards Beersheva, landing in an open area.

15:34: A Grad Katyusha rocket lands in a moshav outside Kiryat Malachi. Sirens sounding in Kiryat Malachi. A total of four rockets landed near Rahat, Be�er Tuvia and Kiryat Malachi. A number of people are being treated for hysteria. Rocket landed near Kastina Junction.� (Locations reported with permission of military censor).

*Irit Sheetrit HY�D of Ashdod, was laid to rest in her home town. Warrant officer Lutfi Nasraldin HY�D, from Dalyat el Carmel, was laid to rest in his home town this afternoon.

*IDF Homefront Command Colonel Yaron Bar-Daya reports all schools in the 0-30km range from the Gaza border will remain closed on Wednesday.

15:56: Rockets launched at Gaza-belt communities.

*Flyers calling for �Death to all the Jews from all the Arabs� were found on campus and in mailboxes of instructors of Ben-Gurion University on Tuesday morning.

*IDF reporting 95% accuracy in air force bombing raids.

16:04: Rockets heading to Ashkelon.

16:21: A toddler was injured in a rock-throwing attack near Ziff Junction in the Southern Chevron Hills area. He was transported to Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem.

16:46: Kassam rockets landing all over the Shar HaNegev area, Sderot, near the Kibbutz Miflasim dinning hall, and S�dot HaNegev. No injuries.

16:58: Rockets heading to numerous areas in Greater Sderot Areas.

*Channel 2 News: DM Barak and senior IDF command favor ground forces operation in Gaza. FM Livni is opposed to the move. PM Olmert opposes talk of a ceasefire at this stage of the operation.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)