Golani Captain Omer Rabinovitch z”l, 23, from Arad, will be laid to rest on erev Shabbos at noon in the Arad Military Cemetery.

**America abstains in UN Security Council vote to adopt the Arab ceasefire plan. The Council passes the vote.

**Pro Israel rallies are held in Europe.

**Shin Bet officials report at least 790 rockets have hit Israel since Operation Cast Lead began.

**Hundreds of anti-Israel protestors threw their shoes outside the Israeli Consulate in Santiago Chile to express their opposition to the ongoing Gaza operation.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)