A rocket landed in Ashkelon shortly after 7:00am Shabbos morning. A siren sounded prior to the impact. Residents are calling to reopen bomb shelters.

**Gunfire was directed at an IDF position on Hill 851 near Itamar in Shomron shortly after Shabbos. At the same time, a firebomb was hurled at a Jewish vehicle in the same area. Baruch Hashem, no injuries were reported.

**A French court sentenced a neo-Nazi to six months in prison for scratching a swastika on a shul.

**Arabs in the village of Ilbun protested against a visit by Public Security Minister Avi Dichter, calling him a “war criminal” based on the lawsuit filled in a Spanish court. The protestors were supported by members of the Arab Balad party.

**Police cancel a permit for a planned assembly in Haifa of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Organizers calling for a state investigation, claiming their Freedom of Speech rights were trampled.

**GAZA: There is a growing momentum to oust BBC correspondents after the station refused to air Hamas’ fundraising ad.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)