SECURITY/DEFENSE:

*Today is day 5 of the Gaza ceasefire.

*Today, Thursday, is Gilad Shalit�s 942nd day in Hamas captivity.

*An infant was injured in a rock-throwing attack near Tekoa in the eastern Gush Etzion area on Wednesday night. The infant was transported to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. The infant�s condition is described as �light� Baruch Hashem.

POLITICS, DOMESTIC & MORE:

*Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on Wednesday met in Brussels with 22 foreign ministers, discussing the need for the international community to ensure weapons smuggling into Gaza does not resume.

*FM Livni announced on Wednesday that the �Gaza crisis� cannot be resolved without including Gilad Shalit.

*Hundreds of chareidim from Meah Shearim close to midnight on Wednesday burned garbage receptacles near the Ministry of Education, which borders the chareidi community.

*Thursday night is the 120th yahrzeit of Rav Shimshon Refael Hirsch z�l.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)