The IDF Ground Forces Court on Monday ordered two soldiers involved in the Shabbos shooting incident with Arabs in Um Safa remanded for an additional 48 hours.

**Thousands of teachers are expected to lose their jobs as a result of the cuts in government spending.

**Israel is preparing to make a formal request to Japan to permit yeshiva bachor Yosef ben Ita Rivka, who was sentenced on Friday, to serve his jail term in Israel.

**An Israeli who entered PA-occupied Shechem on Monday evening was detained and handed over to IDF authorities by PA forces. The Israeli was unharmed.

**Eyal Gabai, a former economic advisor to PM Netanyahu, has been selected as the new director-general of the PM’s Office.

**A 22-year-old eastern Jerusalem Arab resident was stabbed in Ashdod on Monday night. He was transported to a local hospital. Police are investigating.

**IDF soldiers involved in counter-terror operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron on Monday night made two arrests.

**Following Tuesday’s oppressive sharav heat-wave, forecasters are predicting “a sharp drop in temperatures” with rain expected, primarily in the north.

**Deputy Minister of Education Meir Porush on Monday night met with Maran Rav Elyashiv Shlita to update him on efforts to secure funding for yeshivos and mosdos torah.

**An IAF Cobra chopper made an unscheduled landing near Migdalim in Shomron on Tuesday morning due to technical malfunction.

**Two firebombs were hurled at an IDF position on the Gush Etzion-Chevron Road on Monday night. Baruch Hashem, no injuries were reported.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)