Jerusalem police reported on Wednesday that the body of tractor terrorist from last Thursday�s attack was released during the night, transferred to territories for burial.

**Africa Israel expected to report a NIS 2.7 billion fourth quarter loss.

**The Israel Manufacturers Association predicts a 10% fall in industrial exports in 2009, the largest drop in industrial exports in the nation�s history.

**Moussa Abu Marzouq on Wednesday repeated his statement, denying having received a video or letter pertaining to Gilad Shalit as was reported by Kuwaiti news agencies.

**In Israel�s latest to�eva court decision, the Ramat Gan Family Court on Tuesday permitted a same gender couple to adopt their 30-year-old �son�. The decision is the first of its kind in Israel.

**The International Airports Council rates Ben-Gurion International Airport first in the Mideast for traveler satisfaction and second in the world in the �5-15 million passengers annually� class.

**Kassam rockets were fired into Israel on Wednesday. No injuries were reported.

**One terrorist was shot dead and a second wounded as they threw firebombs at soldiers near N�vei Tzuf in Shomron on Wednesday. There were numerous reports of firebomb attacks elsewhere in Shomron and Yehuda on Wednesday.

**The IAF on Wednesday night bombed weapons tunnels along Philadelphi Road in Gaza.

**Israel Electric Company employees are launching sanctions beginning on Thursday in protest of the planned dismissal of some of IEC workers as part of the organization�s response to the fiscal crisis.

**IDF soldiers involved in counter-terror operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron during the night arrested 16 suspects.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)