IDF soldiers involved in counter-terrorism operations throughout Yehuda and Shomron arrested 5 suspects on Wednesday night.

**DM Ehud Barak emphasizes the need to keep a door open towards entering into talks with Syria.

**The IDF Homefront Command held siren testing in the Galil region at 11:00am Thursday morning.

**Israeli motorists traveling in the Gush Shilo area of Shomron were targeted in rock-throwing attacks from the Arab village of Sinjel. No injuries.

**Burglars broke into a home on Panim Meiros Street in Yerushalayim on Thursday morning and assaulted and robbed an elderly woman. The woman was lightly injured according to a report from MDA.

**Security has been increased for President Shimon Peres during his current S. American visit.

**Thursday evening: A windshield of a vehicle was smashed in a rock-throwing attack on Route 60 north of Yishuv Eli.

**Thursday evening rock attacks reports near Chawarah, Hizme and Rechalim in Shomron. No injuries reported.

**Thursday evening: A firebomb was hurled at an Israeli motorist on the Azzoun Bypass Road near Karnei Shomron. No injuries reported.

**Trade Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer during a meeting on Wednesday with Turkey’s new ambassador to Israel stressed Turkey’s vital role in regional affairs and as an intermediary between Israel and Arab states.

**Former MK Emanuel Zissman z”l was niftar on Wednesday at the age of 74. He served in Knesset 1988-1999, in the Labor and Third Way parties. He served as the Israeli diplomatic representative to Bulgaria from 2000-2002. He will be buried in Yerushalayim on Thursday.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)