Arabs on sabotaged a number of water lines in the community of Migdalim in Shomron earlier in the week which resulted in a water outage on Monday night.

**Rocks were thrown at an Israeli motorist near Beit Jala on Tuesday, in the Beit Lechem district. No injuries.

**PM Netanyahu made a shiva visit to MK R’ Moshe Gafne, who is sitting shiva for his mother a”h.

**At least seven people were killed in an explosion in a Gaza smuggling tunnel earlier this week.

**Tuesday is going to be extremely hot and dry but a “significant drop” in temperatures is expected by Thursday, 9 Av.

**Three fire companies worked to extinguish a Monday night blaze between Park Sibal and Kafr Kassam. No injuries were reported.

**The Beersheva District Court on Monday sentenced a Fatah al-Aqsa Brigade terrorist, a resident of Gaza, to 20 year imprisonment for manufacturing and firing rockets into Israel.

**One person was arrested and other taken for questioning on Monday afternoon as they tried to reestablish the Nezer outpost in Gush Etzion.

**Authorities prevented the rebuilding of the Inbalim outpost near Maale Michmas in the Benjamin Regional Council district of Shomron.

**IDF soldiers taking part in counter-terror operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron apprehended four suspects during the night.

**Following a cabinet showing of support, Minister of Negev & Galil Development Silvan Shalom confident progress will be significant.

**DM Barak reiterated soldiers and officers operating in Yehuda and Shomron will receive total backing if targeted in personal lawsuits.

**President Peres told Mideast envoy Mitchell that PM Netanyahu’s acceptance of the two-state solution represents a significant step forward by Israel.

**The IDF conducted a siren test in the Greater Netanya area at 11:00AM Tuesday morning.

**Bituach Leumi employees are continuing their strike on Tuesday.

**The coalition on Monday defeated a number of no-confidence motions.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)