**The air force confirms reports it did use deterrence fire against a vessel violating the Gaza area. PA source blame Israel for a “ceasefire violation during the night” over the incident.

**The Israeli Embassy in Dublin was closed for a number of hours after a suspicious envelope arrived which was feared to be a poisonous substance. It was later learned the substance was benign and did not pose any threat.

**Gunmen in Gaza fired at IDF soldiers for a third time on Wednesday at about 3:00pm.

**Social Affairs Minister Yitzchak Herzog promised Italy’s foreign minister that Israel will doubling its humanitarian aid to Gaza.

**A PA resident apprehended illegally inside Green Line Israel was in the process of making off with 250kg of stolen avocados from a kibbutz.

**MDA units in the Lachish area have moved to a level 3 alert status.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)